human
Well, father, did they hang up Crosby for a scare-crow?
gpt
Why, you simpleton, John, don't you know better?
human
Crosby was quite ill, but his resolution made him forget how feeble he was. He was a scare-crow to the enemy in a different way from that which Capt. Benedict meant. A battle soon came on, and before night Enoch Crosby was marching into the enemy's fort to the tune of Yankee Doodle, to assist in taking care of the prisoners.
gpt
But, I thought he was too ill to fight.