human
There must have been a big current here, said Marcella,
gpt
There ought to be some flowers along the little stream, ought there not?
human
I think those frosts were pretty bad on the wild flowers, Lucia, replied Marcella. But Lucia was strolling up stream along a low bank lined with bushes, and the other girls followed her. Betty heard another meadow lark and turned to follow with her eyes the course of a hawk that flew from a dead tree back from the stream.
gpt
That's a marsh hawk, she said, turning to Lucia, only to find Lucia rising with an exclamation from where she had been stooping close to Betty. She held up her hand, looking at it.
human
I've been bitten! she exclaimed.
gpt
What sort of snakes do you have here, Betty?
human
Oh--a lot of them, most of them harmless! said Betty, startled, but not wanting to frighten Lucia, who was white, yet with her lips pressed together in perfect self-control. She whipped out her handkerchief hastily.
gpt
We must make a tourniquet at once. Let me wipe this off--and I'll suck out the poison, Lucia. I did once when Doris was bitten.
human
You will not, firmly replied Lucia.
gpt
It is dangerous for you might have some broken spot in your mouth. Reach in my pocket, Betty. I carry stuff for this sort of thing. Mother told me to bring it.