human
I know my whistle is smashed, destroyed, and mined beyond repair, Aunt Janet, but oh, wasn't it perfectly splendid to do it for the boys and hear that house applaud them.
gpt
Them? cried a feathered creature coming up to give Polly a clap upon the back as he would have given a classmate.
human
Them! And where the mischief do YOU come in on this show-down? There listen to that. Do you know what it means? It means come out there in front of that curtain and get what's coming to you. Come on.
gpt
Oh, I can't! I can't! They'd recognize me and I wouldn't have them for worlds. Not for worlds! It would be perfectly awful,
human
Recognized! Awful nothing! You've got to come out. It's part of the performance,