human
There! gasped Alice, coming back and sitting down, after placing chairs for her visitors.
gpt
You think I'm rather harsh with the little plague? You don't know what he's done to-day.
human
Has he been _very_ bad?
gpt
I should say he has!
human
What's he done?
gpt
It has certainly been one of Tommy's 'bad days.' You'd think he was possessed. Poor mother! I can imagine the trouble she used to have with Billy.
human
But what did Tommy do?
gpt
One thing he did was to pour sand into my tub of clothes that I had to leave this morning. He called the tub 'Lake Luna' and said he wanted to make an island in the middle of it, like Cavern Island where Billy is hidden.
human
Oh!
gpt
I had to clean out the tub and rinse the clothes half a dozen times to get the sand out.
human
But, Billy! exclaimed Dora.
gpt
They say he isn't over at that island.
human
Well, I wish I knew where he was,
gpt
Sis! I'm a-goin' to bust a winder and fall out, I am!
human
Oh! ejaculated Dorothy, jumping up.
gpt
He'll be hurt.
human
Don't bother. He doesn't want to jump himself. Tommy is bluffing.
gpt
Bluffing! gasped Dora.
human
Did you ever? I should be scared to death that the little scamp would do it.
gpt
I used to be, sighed Alice.
human
Now I know better. I came to realize that Tommy was taking advantage of my love for him--and he's got to learn better than that.
gpt
Isn't he a scamp?
human
Sis! I've found the matches an' I'm a-goin' to set fire to the curtains--now you see!