human
You know there's all sort of things you could have, she suggested,
gpt
There's to be a knight in it, answered Betty,
human
Then she turned to her godmother.
gpt
Do you suppose there is a spinning-wheel anywhere in the neighbourhood that we could borrow?
human
Yes, I have one of my great-grandmother's stored away in the trunk-room. You may have that.
gpt
Oh, I can't wait to know what you're goin' to do with a spinnin'-wheel in the play. Tell me now, Betty.
human
I'm not sure myself yet. But I keep thinking of the humming of the wheel, and a sort of spinning-song keeps running through my head. I thought, too, it would help to make a pretty scene.
gpt
You're goin' to put Hero in it, aren't you?
human
Oh, Lloyd! I can't, cried Betty, in dismay.
gpt
A dog couldn't have a part with princes and witches and fairies.
human
I don't see why not, persisted Lloyd.
gpt
I sha'n't take half the interest if he isn't in it. I think you might put him in, Betty, she urged.
human
I'd do as much for you, if it was something you had set your heart on. _Please_, Betty!
gpt
But he won't fit anywhere! said Betty, in a distressed tone.
human
I'd put him in, gladly, if he'd only go, but, don't you see, Lloyd, he isn't appropriate. It would spoil the whole thing to drag him in.
gpt
I don't see why, said Lloyd, a trifle sharply.
human
Isn't it going to be a Red Cross entahtainment, and isn't Hero a Red Cross dog? I think it's _very_ appropriate for him to have a part, even one of the principal ones.
gpt
I can't think of a single thing for him to do--
human
You can if you try hard enough,