human
It--it all went wrong. Molly was very near sobbing as she said good night.
gpt
Oh, why did you do it? I tried so hard, and Specs and Bi and--and everybody just went and spoiled everything. I heard all about it.
human
What did we do that was wrong? You can't blame me because Rodman can't play ball. I didn't know he was going to pieces like that.
gpt
It wasn't just Rodman. Why did you keep that poor little boy with the ragged clothes from coming over to the picnic? We had enough to eat for a dozen more. Peter Barrett said you chased him away. Why did you do it?
human
There was a scarlet fever sign on the house. When I found he lived there, I told him to go away and stay away. I couldn't do anything else, could I?
gpt
No, admitted Molly.
human
But why wouldn't any of you help buy the ice cream?
gpt
We spent our last cent paying for gasoline for the three launches. We borrowed the boats, but we had to pay for the gas. None of us had a penny left.
human
S. S. wouldn't borrow his cousin's rifle, even for a single shot.
gpt
S. S. told me about that. He was right to argue against bringing the gun over for any target shooting. There were too many of us; it would have been dangerous. But it would have been more dangerous for Roy Sheffield if S. S. had taken him over where his cousin was, though Roy doesn't know it. You see, about two years ago, this cousin was driving in town, and Roy threw a newspaper in front of the rig, which frightened the horse so much it nearly ran away. The fellow has had it in for him ever since.
human
Bi let Marion Genevieve Chester get almost killed by a wild bull. He knew it was in that field, and he saw that she had on a red dress.
gpt
There wasn't a bit of danger, Bunny laughed.
human
The bull was tied up and fenced off from that field. Anyhow, Marion Genevieve was never as close as fifty yards to the bull. She never even saw it.
gpt
You'll admit that was an awful thing they did to poor little Clarence Prissler.
human
I was to blame for that. You see, Molly, I thought it best not to tell the boys about those people who don't like us, because I figured that if we just acted natural they would find out that we don't mean to be snobbish or stingy or anything else low-down. But I did tell the Scouts about Prissy's thinking we weren't interested in learning things. So when Clarence went up to Jump and began to ask questions about the circus, and how the acrobats got to be acrobats, and all that, why, Specs insisted that Jump teach Prissy the back flip. Honestly, Molly, I believe Specs thought he was doing the right thing.
gpt
It is funny, she said.
human
I didn't see it that way before, but it is funny. Only everything's in a worse tangle now than it ever was before.
gpt
But we'll fix it, Bunny said.
human
We'll fix it somehow.