human
Gran'pa! I said.
gpt
You and your confounded _monkey_ tricks will end in disaster one of these bright days. Why you couldn't have acquainted us of your approach is beyond me. You might have known that we were on the alert--ready to shoot at almost anything.
human
Perhaps it was rather foolish of me, he admitted.
gpt
But I'd been watching you all from behind that bush for some minutes, and I couldn't resist a little practical joke. . . . Phew! That was a near thing, George! I thought my last day had come.