human
I want to show you this island, he began.
gpt
It's really quite a remarkable island. You know, I've been _wanting_ to show it to you. There's a stone over here--quite--quite an astonishing stone. And a flower. Queer. Really an astounding flower. I don't believe you ever saw one like it.
human
Pooh! said Worth, starting on ahead.
gpt
I bet _I've_ seen one like it.
human
Say--I'll tell you what I'll bet _you_. I'll bet you two dollars and a quarter you can't get that raft done before we get back!
gpt
Well I'll just bet _you_ two dollars and a _half_ that I _can_!
human
It's a go! --and Aunt Kate and the man who mended the boats were off to find the astonishing stone and the astounding flower, Worth calling after them:
gpt
Now you try to keep him, Aunt Kate. Keep him as long as you can.
human
Katie, will you do something for me?
gpt
Then _laugh,_ Katie. Oh if you could know how I've longed to hear you _laugh_ again.
human
You _will_ laugh, Katie, won't you?
gpt
Why there'll be days and days when I shan't do anything else! Then her laughing eyes grew serious.
human
Though just a little differently, I think. I've heard the world sobbing, you know.
gpt
But a world that is sobbing needs Katie's laughing. He drew her to him with something not unlike a sob.
human
I need it, I know.