human
Well, said he, stopping short,
gpt
Where are you going? You will be too late at school, if you turn back and go by the lane,
human
I know that, very well; but that will be your fault, and not mine--I shall tell our dame, that you all of you held the turn-stile against me, and would not let me through.
gpt
And we shall tell our dame why we held the turn-stile against you, replied one of the children;
human
Oh, I am so much out of breath with running after you!--I can hardly speak!--But I am come back, said this good-natured girl,
gpt
Something that I like very much!--What can that be?
human
Come with _me_, and you shall _see_, said Marianne;
gpt
I don't know how it is, cousin Marianne, said he;
human
Don't you like ripe cherries very much?
gpt
Yes; but they do not grow in these hedges.
human
No; but there is an old woman sitting by the road-side, with a board before her, which is covered with red ripe cherries.
gpt
Red ripe cherries! Let us make haste then, cried Owen. He ran on, as fast as he could; but as soon as the children saw him running, they also began to run back to the turn-stile; and they reached it before he did; and they held it fast as before, saying,
human
Promise you will not kick up the dust, or we will not let you through.
gpt
The cherries are very ripe,
human
Well, well, I will not kick up the dust--Let me through,