human
Good God!
gpt
Good gracious! grumbled Billy Louise, righting herself and digging snow out of her collar and sleeves.
human
Stop your laughing, Ward Warren! (Ward was not laughing, and she knew it.)
gpt
I'll ride that ornery cayuse, just to show him I can. You Rattler, I'll fix you for that! She turned to Ward and twisted her lips at him.
human
I see now why you named him that, she said.
gpt
Because he rattles your teeth loose.
human
You keep off him!
gpt
You keep still! Billy Louise shouted back at him.
human
We're going to find out right now who's boss.
gpt
Now we're all right and comfy, she announced breathlessly, when the first fight was over and Rattler, like his master, had yielded to the inevitable.
human
And we know who's boss, and we're all of us squindiciously happy, because we're headed for home. Aren't we, buckaroo?
gpt
I suppose so,
human
And say, buckaroo! Billy Louise reined close, so that she could reach out and pinch his arm a little bit.
gpt
Soon as your leg is all well, and you're every speck over the hookin'-cough, why--you can be the boss!
human
Can I?
gpt
Honest, you can. I've --Billy Louise had the grace to blush a little--
human
I've always thought I'd love to have somebody bully me and boss me and 'buse me. And I-- Her lips twitched a little.
gpt
I think you can qualify. What was that you said just as I was getting on the second time? I was too busy to listen, but--
human
But what? I don't remember that I said anything.
gpt
Oh, yes, you did! It was sweary, too.
human
Was it?
gpt
Yes, it was. You sweared at Flower of the Ranch-oh.