human
Oh, how rude!
gpt
Whereupon she gave me an angry slap, which I didn't feel a bit through the fur, and pushed me down roughly on the floor, looked at her face in the glass, and then I heard her bathing it in the dressing-room. I say! had I changed then, wouldn't she have been jolly surprised to find a strange boy in there! So, remaining her darling pussikins, he continued with a smile,
human
I just jumped on the table, took hold of my catseye in my mouth, and escaped by the window before she returned, and waved my tail in good-bye--stupid things, tails!
gpt
But just as I alighted on the ground a boy began shying stones at me, which it was awfully difficult to dodge. One of them caught me such a whack on the side, and he laughed and shouted 'Hurrah, got him!'--Wasn't I glad when I saw him just now!--Well, I was just going to change then, when there was a great barking, and a whole lot of dogs seemed to be bearing down on me. I thought I'd make myself scarce, so I tore off, and as they were on my track I simply cut. I flew along the muddy streets with the whole pack at my heels, with shouts and laughter ringing in my ears, scampering past them, past houses, past traffic, whizzing along for my life with the barking din and the pattering feet always following. At last, as a last hope, I dodged round, doubled back, the noise stopped, and I took refuge in a quiet garden, awfully puffed, and jumped on a seat next some one resting there.
human
Me,
gpt
Yes, I found it was you, Sis. I Wished, and you're a trump, for I was tired, and you rid me of that big dog. Dulcie glowed with pride and pleasure at that.
human
I never knew, though, that that brute was following me. Fortunately for me he gripped hold of the bracelet round my neck.
gpt
How well you tell a story, Cyril,
human
That's nothing.
gpt
Do you think it was the Wizard's trick, that losing of the stone?
human
P'raps, replied Cyril musingly.
gpt
He's quite ugly enough for anything. But I don't think so, he added reassuringly;
human
I repeated them to Molly, continued Dulcie, rippling over with fun,
gpt
But why did the Hedgehog titter? That was what you wanted to find out, wasn't it?
human
I suppose it was expecting the Porcupine's verses.
gpt
Suppose?
human
I forgot to ask.