human
Where is the place, grandmother? asked Dorothy, who was taking it all a little more seriously than the others;
gpt
Oh, yes, I know that. It's on the shore of Lake Ponetcong,--in the northern part of New Jersey.
human
What a fearful name! cried Leicester;
gpt
A lake! said Lilian, with an ecstatic air;
human
I shall just stay on that all the time. I shall have a rowboat and a sailboat and a canoe----
gpt
And a cataraman, supplemented her brother;
human
Don't go so fast, children, said Mrs. Dorrance;
gpt
Oh, granny, dear, cried Dorothy, clasping her hands beseechingly;
human
As you say, began Mrs. Dorrance, while the children were breathlessly quiet in their anxiety,
gpt
Oh, never mind that, pleaded Dorothy;
human
Yes, said Mrs. Dorrance, smiling;
gpt
I'll do the work, said Fairy.
human
I don't care if I am only twelve, I can cook; 'cause when I went to Gladys Miller's one day, she had a little stove and she showed me how. I'll do all the cooking, and you other girls can do the domesticker work. Leicester can do all the man's work, and grannymother can be a Princess of high degree, and just sit and look on. And then on some days----
gpt
Oh, yes, we know how to work,
human
And I won't mind how much I have to do, if we have some outdoors around us. Only think, it's May out of doors now, and here we have to stay shut up in this old boarding-house, same as in December.
gpt
You may go out for a while if you care to, little girl,
human
I don't want to go out on paved streets, said Dorothy;
gpt
I want green fields and trees and cows.
human
I want free life and I want fresh air, sang Leicester,
gpt
I can't say, positively, said Mrs. Dorrance,
human
Never mind the uncertainty, said Dorothy;
gpt
We can tell how to get there, ourselves, said Leicester;