human
The stuff's as hard and sharp as steel, he said, throwing down the sand.
gpt
There's enough of it to wipe out all the crops between Allenwood and the frontier if the drought lasts.
human
What we want is a good big thunderstorm. This blamed sand-belt's a trouble we never reckoned on.
gpt
No, said Harding.
human
I took a look at it when I was picking my location, but there was plenty of grass, and the brush was strong and green. Guess they'd had more rain the last two or three years. I figured out things pretty carefully--and now the only set-back I didn't allow for is going to pull me up! Well, we must hope for a change of weather; there's nothing else to be done.