human
Ye ’most missed it, I tell ye, he grinned.
gpt
Ol’ Mis’ Perkins brought ye over some things t’ take on your journey, an’ she never got here until jist now. I’ve et Ma Perkins’ pies an’ things an’ I couldn’t abear fer ye to miss ’em.
human
Mis’ Perkins ’lowed she wanted to send some chicken along fer yer lunch, he went on, looking down at the squawking fowls in his hand,
gpt
That was very kind of Friend Perkins, he said.
human
Thank her for us, won’t you, Bill? But I declare I don’t see how we are going to take those live chickens! We’ve got about all the live stock we can handle now.
gpt
Oh, we must take them, Joshua, said Mrs. Peniman.
human
It would never do to send them back when she was so kind. We can manage to take care of them somehow.
gpt
I’ve got a box in my wagon that hasn’t much in it, Father, said Joe;
human
You can kill and eat them any time they get to be a bother, you know,
gpt
Oh, we will _not_ kill them, Uncle Charles! she cried.
human
Look at them, Father, aren’t they perfect darlings? Let’s take them along for pets, Father, I’ll take care of them!