human
Never mind, Rob, he said;
gpt
Old cheats!
human
Yes, real old cheats! said Nelly; and she began to scatter the stones with her foot.
gpt
And they were awful heavy. Oh, mamma, I'm so hungry!
human
So'm I, said Rob.
gpt
Isn't it dinner-time?
human
Dinner-time! exclaimed their mother.
gpt
Did you really not have any more idea of the time than that! Why, it is three o'clock! Where have you been?
human
Not very far, mamma, answered Nelly;
gpt
Isn't what too bad, Nell?
human
Why, too bad that they ain't silver, replied Nelly.
gpt
We thought we could all have every thing we wanted.
human
What do you want most of all this minute?
gpt
Something to eat, mamma,
human
Well, that you can have; and that I hope we can always have without any silver mine: and to-day we have something very good to eat.
gpt
Oh! what, mamma, what? say, quick!
human
Chicken pie,
gpt
Chicken pie! shouted Rob.
human
Hurrah! hurrah!
gpt
There is a wish-bone drying for you on the mantelpiece,
human
They'll both wish for a silver mine, I expect, laughed Mrs. March, as she and her husband walked slowly along.
gpt
What a queer notion that was to come into such children's heads!
human
I don't know, said Mr. March, reflectively;
gpt
I think it's a very natural notion to come into anybody's head. I'd like a silver mine myself, very much.
human
We mightn't be any happier if we had one, nor half so happy, replied Mrs. March.
gpt
I'd rather have you well, and the children well, than have all the silver mines in Colorado.
human
If you had to choose between the two things, I dare say, answered Mr. March;
gpt
Well, I'll make sure of the health first, said Mrs. March, laughing.
human
I'm not in so much hurry for the silver mine.
gpt
It's so dry, it'll break splendidly, said Rob.
human
I know what I'm going to wish for.
gpt
So do I, said Nelly, resolutely;
human
I'm going to wish hard.
gpt
Pshaw! cried Rob;
human
Rob, said she,
gpt
What did you wish for?
human
A silver mine, said he,
gpt
So did I, said Nell.
human
I thought you did, too. I guess we sha'n't either of us ever have one.
gpt
I don't care, said Rob;
human
Are you, Rob? said Nell.
gpt
What's that?
human
Oh, just a house where you can go and get money, replied Rob, confidently.
gpt
I used to go with papa often at home. They gave him all he wanted.