human
But what's the answer, then? demanded the latter chum, indignantly;
gpt
He don't seem to like that smoke you made, Phil? remarked Lub, who had an unusually fine place for observation, being elevated above the heads of his crouching chums.
human
Couldn't you keep that going, and just force him to climb up the chimney again?
gpt
My flashlight cartridges are too valuable to be wasted like that, Lub,
human
Then isn't there some way he could be made to retreat? asked X-Ray.
gpt
What if the whole four of us started to advance, shooing with our hands, and whooping things up, wouldn't he just understand that he _had_ to climb, whether he got his toes scorched again or not?
human
I've got another idea, and it's so simple I only wonder nobody thought of it before, he told them.
gpt
The rest of you stay here where you are.
human
I object, if you're meaning to tackle the varmint alone and single-handed, Phil!
gpt
I'm not quite so simple as all that, Phil flashed back at him;
human
Oh! I know what he means, burst out Lub just then;