human
O, Hannah!
gpt
O, Ann!
human
How did you ever get here, Hannah?
gpt
I--started for aunt Sarah's--that morning, explained Hannah, between sobs.
human
And--I got frightened in the woods, about a mile from father's. I saw something ahead I thought was a bear. A great black thing! Then I ran--and, somehow, the first thing I knew, I was lost. I walked and walked, and it seems to me I kept coming right back to the same place. Finally I sat down here, and staid; I thought it was all the way for me to be found.
gpt
O, Hannah! what did you do last night?
human
I staid somewhere, under some pine-trees, replied Hannah, with a shudder;
gpt
I guess I wouldn't have slept much if I had known, said she.
human
O, Hannah, you haven't had anything to eat! ain't you starved?
gpt
I ate up two whole pumpkin pies I was carrying to aunt Sarah, said she.
human
Oh! how lucky it was you had them.
gpt
Yes; mother called me back to get them, after I started. They were some new ones, made with cream, and she thought aunt Sarah would like them.
human
I know where I am now, said Hannah, with a sigh of delight;