human
We might set fire to the cabin, Fred suggested,
gpt
Out of the question, declared Peter,
human
I am afraid it would waken them first, said Horace.
gpt
We'd have them coming out with rifles. Now I'd been thinking that if we only had some of your formaldehyde fumigator we could get them under control very easily.
human
So we could. A can of that stuff let through the roof would put them into a dead stupor without waking them. The only risk would be that of killing them all outright. There was a can of it left, too, but it's in the cabin.
gpt
No, it isn't! cried Fred.
human
I put it outside in a hollow tree, so as not to have the stuff in the house. I could get it in ten minutes.
gpt
Fred, you're a diamond yourself! Peter exclaimed.
human
If it's as you say, we'll have them out of that cabin in a jiffy.
gpt
Shall we try it to-night?
human
Why not? It's nearly midnight, and they must be asleep, said Horace.
gpt
I've no fancy for spending another night and day shivering here in the snow. Besides, we're out of grub.