human
What do you want here, beautiful woman?
gpt
Am I beautiful? I am so glad! said Tangle, rising.
human
My grandmother is beautiful.
gpt
Yes. But what do you want?
human
I think I want you. Are not you the Old Man of the Sea?
gpt
I am.
human
Then Grandmother says, have you any more fishes ready for her?
gpt
We will go and see, my dear, answered the old man, speaking yet more kindly than before.
human
And I can do something for you, can I not?
gpt
Yes--show me the way up to the country from which the shadows fall,
human
Ah! indeed, that would be worth doing, said the old man.
gpt
But I cannot, for I do not know the way myself. But I will send you to the Old Man of the Earth. Perhaps he can tell you. He is much older than I am.