human
Oh, what a lovely lot of flowers! cried Ruth.
gpt
It's just darling of you to get them for me. Now do you want to help me put them into vases in the library?
human
Why not?
gpt
I promised my Alice-doll to take her down by the brook, and I just have to do it, answered Dot.
human
And Tess is going to help me; aren't you, Tess?
gpt
Yes, was the answer.
human
I'm going to take Almira.
gpt
Then you must take her kittens, too! insisted Dot.
human
She'll feel bad if you don't.
gpt
I won't take 'em all--I'll take one kitten, compromised Tess.
human
There she is, now!
gpt
Will ye gang a'wa' to the store the noo? asked Mrs. MacCall, with a warm smile as she came from the pantry.
human
There's muckle we need an'--
gpt
I'll go if you give me a cookie,
human
So'll I, chimed in Tess, coming in on the tribute.
gpt
We can take Almira and your Alice-doll when we come back,
human
Yes, I think they'll wait. I know Alice-doll will, but I'm not so sure about Almira, and Dot seemed rather in doubt.
gpt
She may take a notion to carry her kittens up in the bedroom--
human
Don't dare suggest such a thing!
gpt
I'm to have company this afternoon, and if that cat and her kittens appear on the scene--
human
Oh, I wasn't going to carry them in! interrupted Dot, with an air of injured innocence.
gpt
They're Almira's kittens, and she can do what she likes with them, I suppose, she added as an afterthought.
human
Only I know that every once in a while she takes a notion to plant them in a new place. Once Uncle Rufus found them in his rubber boots, and they scratched him like anything when he put his foot inside.
gpt
Well, if you have to go to the store for Mrs. MacCall you won't have any time to help me arrange the flowers,
human
Yes, traipse along now, my bonnie bairns,