human
Who planned such a death-trap as that, anyway?
gpt
I did.
human
You! A girl!
gpt
Yes. Why not. It's great fun, usually.
human
You'd better have been learning to sew.
gpt
I can sew, but I don't like it. Angelique does that. I do like climbing and canoeing and botanizing, and geologizing, and astronomizing, and----
human
What sort of creature are you, anyway?
gpt
Just plain girl.
human
Anything but that!
gpt
Well, girl, without the adjective. Suits me rather better;
human
This is the strangest place I ever saw. You are the strangest family. We are certainly in the backwoods of Maine, yet you might be a Holyoke senior, or a circus star, or--a fairy.
gpt
Fairies don't grow so big. Why don't you sit down? Or, if you will, climb up and look toward the narrows on the north. See if Pierre's birch is coming yet.
human
Excuse me, please. That is, I suppose I could do it, only seeing you slip--I prefer to wait awhile.
gpt
Are you afraid?