human
Where have you been, Chunky? demanded Jerry.
gpt
We've been looking everywhere for you.
human
Yes, added the lieutenant,
gpt
Why, I thought, as long as we got back all right, I was relieved from duty, so I went to get something to eat.
human
Something to eat!
gpt
Something to eat, calmly repeated Bob.
human
You see it was this way. I was terribly hungry----
gpt
Nothing unusual,
human
So when I got back with the rest, after we captured the Huns, I smelled something cooking farther up in our trenches. I knew some of the fellows on duty there, and I felt sure they'd give me something to eat. It was liberty links they were cooking, sir, and----
gpt
Liberty links! interrupted the lieutenant.
human
What are those?
gpt
They used to be called Frankfurters, explained Bob with a grin;
human
Well! Well!
gpt
I only meant to run up in a hurry to where they were cooking 'em, explained Bob,
human
Mostly eating,
gpt
And then I forgot to come back,
human
We told him he'd better report, Sir, said one of the escorting party.
gpt
He was with our bunch all right, and when he told us he'd been out with the night raiders and had slipped off before reporting back, we told him he'd better report. So we showed him the way, as the trenches are sort of mixed up around here.
human
Very well, said the lieutenant, trying not to smile.
gpt
You may go back to your posts. Everything is explained.