human
I say--
gpt
Keep these always, they are fine emeralds. Here are smaller pieces. He picked up two rings.
human
Wear these and wherever you are seen by any of my people you will be helped and protected. He handed the jewels to his amazed companions, then went on,
gpt
Mr. Fenton has been losing his turkeys. Watch the man who is taking care of them, watch him closely.
human
Thundering rattlers, is he the thief?
gpt
He is a naturally dishonest man. Watch him closely and you will learn what happened to the turkeys.
human
Thanks a lot, old man--gee, Uncle Norman will be no end obliged to you, and gosh, he is already, for that bog you drained is still dry--
gpt
It will remain dry--
human
Maybe we'd better be starting, Jim suggested,
gpt
We shall be glad to hurry.
human
I say, Jim put in,
gpt
You know, maybe I'm a nut, but if you people, I mean you and your uncle, would kind of act like ordinary people, not wear anything that looks a bit different, or act as if you are trying to keep out of sight, you wouldn't attract attention--nobody would pay any attention to you at all, except maybe in a little place like North Hero, where everybody knows everybody else,
human
Thank you, it is excellent advice.
gpt
When you are by yourselves you can act naturally, I mean as you do anyway, but you look as if you are different, you seem to know more--
human
Thank you, we will do that, and I hope we meet again, Jim Austin and Bob Caldwell.
gpt
If you come to Texas, look us up. This is where we live.
human
We will get ready,
gpt
Well, I say, where does this Burnam come in?
human
He was employed to do some task for one of our people and he suspected that somewhere great wealth must be stored. He saw me once in my father's house. When his work was done, he was paid and dismissed, and taken away, so that he could not find the place again, but he came upon my uncle and myself on your western coast. He believes that I know the secret and tried twice to kidnap me, but he has failed each time, and he will fail again, for it is written in the forecasts that I shall live to a great age and that my enemies shall perish. One day you found a box, it held knotted strings. Long before writing, or signs, tribes made their records by that method, I know the language of the knots in the colored strings.
gpt
Why, I've read of that, learned it in school, old language,
human
I say, what a pair of nuts we are. We don't know that boy's name.
gpt
We do take first prize. Do you think that pair are batty?
human
Not as batty as some of the rest of us,
gpt
That's what I think. I say, let's not do any talking about them. You know, sometimes a little thing starts things and evidently this Burnam bird isn't letting any grass grow under his feet.
human
That's a first-rate idea.