human
Oh, Kathleen! sighed Nancy as the two went into the kitchen together.
gpt
Isn't mother the most interesting 'scolder' you ever listened to? I love to hear her do it, especially when somebody else is getting it. When it's I, I grow smaller and smaller, curling myself up like a little worm. Then when she has finished I squirm to the door and wriggle out. Other mothers say: 'If you don't, I shall tell your father!' 'Do as I tell you, and ask no questions.' 'I never heard of such behavior in my life!' 'Haven't you any sense of propriety?' 'If this happens again I shall have to do something desperate.' 'Leave the room at once,' and so on; but mother sets you to thinking.
human
Mother doesn't really scold,
gpt
No, but she shows you how wrong you are, just the same. Did you notice how Julia _withered_ when mother said we were not to look upon Beulah as a place of hiding?
human
She didn't stay withered long,
gpt
And she said just the right thing to dear old Gilly, for Fred Bascom is filling his head with foolish notions. He needs father to set him right.
human
We all need father, sighed Kitty tearfully,