human
Oh! that's all right, boys, he told them.
gpt
It was only a little while ago my folks were worried about me eating so little, and I guess they'll sing the other way now. Dad'll talk about going into bankruptcy when he watches me put away the food. Seems like I never could get enough again. I want to eat six times a day, and then complain because meals are so far apart.
human
Listen!
gpt
What did you think you heard?
human
Guess I must have been away off, and it was only a hoot owl after all; but I thought I heard some one cough!
gpt
I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out that way, because it's getting on toward time for him to show up, if he means to come along to-day,
human
And now that you mention it, added Toby,
gpt
I remember Uncle Caleb does have a sort of cough. That was one reason he took to the woods, for he said it was going to add ten years to his life, living in the open, winter and summer, and eating the plainest kind of food.