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29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I's got a fish, show's yer bawn,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let me see it,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Aint pulled it out yit,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What's the matter with you? What are you cavorting about in that style for?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Playin' 'im!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is that the way they play a fish? Elsie said, gazing."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I never knew before how they did it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Law, Miss Elsie! he'd pull yo' overboa'd! Yo' couldn't hol' 'im no maw 'n nuffin. He's mighty strong; stronges' fish ever did see."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You wouldn't except Luke, Elsie interrupted,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If he was a girl, he would be a gump and a goose, said this saucy John."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This fish, he continued,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "John jumped and danced and hopped and strutted and plunged, till everybody was screaming with laughter."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And this is the way that Elsie played it. He got hold of his coat-skirts after the manner of an affected girl with her dress; then he hugged the rod to his bosom, and capered, flitted, pranced. Then, having reproduced Puss Leek's"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "he said, grandly:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I shall now proceed to land this monster of the deep."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Looks like he was playing a whale or a sea-serpent,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You're all playing a fool that you've caught, said John, who had joined in the laugh against himself,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why will people travel with babies? remember that it is sometimes unavoidable, and do not disfigure your face by a frown at the disturbance, but try to do what you can to make the journey pleasant for those around you, at least by a serene and cheerful face. A person who really wishes to be helpful to others, will find plenty of opportunities to"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Betty, and surprised her with a display of this new accomplishment, which gratified her so much that she was never tired of seeing Sanch paw the five red letters into place, then come and lay his nose in her hand, as if he added:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That's the name of my dear mistress."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Celia, did you bring our old bows? asked her brother, eagerly, as she put down the book from which she had been reading Miss Edgeworth's capital story of"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Waste not Want not; or, Two Strings to your Bow."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, I brought all the playthings we left stored away in uncle's garret when we went abroad. The bows are in the long box where you found the mallets, fishing-rods and bats. The old quivers and a few arrows are there also, I believe. What is the idea now?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm going to teach Ben to shoot. Grand fun this hot weather, and by and by we'll have an archery meeting, and you can give us a prize. Come on, Ben. I've got plenty of whip-cord to rig up the bows, and then we'll show the ladies some first-class shooting."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "answered Ben, feeling as if that painted"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Practice is all you want. I used to be a capital shot, but I don't believe I could hit anything but a barn-door now,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We used to make bows of whalebone when we were little girls, but we are too old to play so now."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'd like to, but Bab wont, 'cause she's most 'leven years old, said honest Betty, placidly rubbing her needle in the"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Grown people enjoy archery, as bow and arrow shooting is called, especially in England. I was reading about it the other day, and saw a picture of Queen Victoria with her bow, so you needn't be ashamed of it, Bab,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A queen, just think!"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "In old times, bows and arrows were used to fight great battles with, and we read how the English archers shot so well that the air was dark with arrows, and many men were killed."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So did the Indians have 'em, and I've got some stone arrow-heads,--found 'em by the river, in the dirt!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "While you finish your stints I'll tell you a little story about the Indians,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mr. Kilburn went away, and was taken prisoner in the fight, carried off, and for years no one knew if he was alive or dead. People missed Matty, but supposed she was with her father, and never expected to see her again. A great while afterward the poor man came back, having escaped and made his way through the wilderness to his old home. His first question was for Matty, but no one had seen her; and when he told where he had left her, they shook their heads as if they thought he was crazy. But they went to look, that he might be satisfied; and he was; for there they found some little bones, some faded bits of cloth, and two rusty silver buckles marked with Matty's name in what had once been her shoes. An Indian arrow lay there, too, showing why she had never cried for help, but waited patiently so long for father to come and find her."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is it true?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes; I have seen the tree, and the mound where the fort was, and the rusty buckles in an old farm-house where other Kilburns live, near the spot where it all happened,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We'll play that in the old apple-tree. Betty can scrooch down, and I'll be the father, and put leaves on her, and then I'll be a great Injun and fire at her. I can make arrows, and it will be fun, wont it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, it wont! I don't like to go in a cobwebby hole, and have you play kill me. I'll make a nice fort of hay, and be all safe, and you can put Dinah down there for Matty. I don't love her any more, now her last eye has tumbled out, and you may shoot her just as much as you like."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So he took up his bow, And he feathered his arrow, And said: 'I will shoot This little cock-sparrow.'"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But he didn't,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is exactly what you must promise _not_ to do, boys. Fire away at your targets as much as you like, but do not harm any living creature,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of course we wont if you say so; but, with a little practice, I _could_ bring down a bird as well as that fellow you read to me about with his woodpeckers and larks and herons,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You'd do well to borrow the Squire's old stuffed owl for a target; there would be some chance of your hitting him, he is so big,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not bad for a beginning. Now, Ben, fire away."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If you endanger other people's life and liberty in your pursuit of happiness, I shall have to confiscate your arms, boys. Take the orchard for your archery ground; that is safe, and we can see you as we sit here. I wish I had two hands, so that I could paint you a fine, gay target,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I wish you could shoot, too; you used to beat all the girls, and I was proud of you,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thank you. I shall be happy to give my place to Bab and Betty if you will make them some bows and arrows; they could not use those long ones."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "P'r'aps it would be too much trouble,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I can make my own,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not a bit; I'll make you the jolliest small bow that ever was, Betcinda,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You can use mine, Bab; you've got such a strong fist, I guess you could pull it,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will be umpire, and brighten up the silver arrow I sometimes pin my hair with, for a prize, unless we can find something better,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "William Tell Club next day, with Bab and Betty as honorary members, and, before the week was out, nearly every lad was seen, like young Norval,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "With bended bow and quiver full of arrows,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Victoria,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "East Corner knowledge-box, as they called it, was our friend Ben, with a pile of neat books under his arm. He felt very strange, and decidedly shy; but put on a bold face, and let nobody guess that, though nearly thirteen, he had never been to school before. Miss Celia had told his story to Teacher, and she, being a kind little woman, with young brothers of her own, made things as easy for him as she could. In reading and writing he did very well, and proudly took his place among lads of his own age; but when it came to arithmetic and geography, he had to go down a long way, and begin almost at the beginning, in spite of Thorny's efforts to"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "First class in reading"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "and"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sam didn't like it because Ben jumped farther than he did----"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And he said Ben ought to be in the poor-house."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And Ben said _he_ ought to be in a pig-pen."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So he had!--such a greedy thing, bringing lovely big apples and not giving any one a single bite!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then he was mad, and we all laughed, and he said, 'Want to fight?'"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And Ben said, 'No, thanky, not much fun in pounding a feather-bed.'"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, he was _awfully_ mad then and chased Ben up the big maple."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He's there now, for Sam wont let him come down till he takes it all back."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ben wont, and I do believe he'll have to stay up all night,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He wont care, and we'll have fun firing up his supper. Nut-cakes and cheese will go splendidly; and may be baked pears wouldn't get smashed, he's such a good catch,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If he does not come by tea-time we will go and look after him. It seems to me I have heard something about Sam's troubling him before, haven't I?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes'm, Sam and Mose are always plaguing Ben. They are big boys and we can't make them stop. I wont let the girls do it, and the little boys don't dare to, since Teacher spoke to them,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why does not Teacher speak to the big ones?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ben wont tell of them or let us. He says he'll fight his own battles and hates tell-tales. I guess his wont like to have us tell you, but I don't care, for it _is_ too bad,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm glad you did, for I will attend to it and stop this sort of thing,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Did you see Ben and get him down?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He got himself down in the neatest way you can imagine,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Where is Sam?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Staring up at the sky to see where Ben has flown to."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, tell about it!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, I came along and found Ben treed, and Sam stoning him. I stopped that at once and told the 'fat boy' to be off. He said he wouldn't till Ben begged his pardon, and Ben said he wouldn't do it if he stayed up for a week. I was just preparing to give that rascal a scientific thrashing when a load of hay came along and Ben dropped on to it so quietly that Sam, who was trying to bully me, never saw him go. It tickled me so, I told Sam I guessed I'd let him off that time, and walked away, leaving him to hunt for Ben and wonder where the dickens he had vanished to."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Where has Ben gone now?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, he'll take a little ride and then slip down and race home full of the fun of it. But I've got to settle Sam. I wont have our Ben hectored by any one----"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But yourself,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He doesn't mind my poking him up now and then, it's good for him, and I always take his part against other people. Sam is a bully and so is Mose, and I'll thrash them both if they don't stop."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have been thinking that we should have some sort of merry-making for Ben on his birthday. My plan was a very simple one, but I will enlarge it and have all the young folks come, and Ben shall be king of the fun. He needs encouragement in well-doing, for he does try, and now the first hard part is nearly over I am sure he will get on bravely. If we treat him with respect and show our regard for him, others will follow our example, and that will be better than fighting about it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So it will! What shall we do to make our party tip-top?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We will plan something splendid, a 'grand combination,' as you used to call your droll mixtures of tragedy, comedy, melodrama and farce,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll startle the natives. I don't believe they ever saw a play in all their lives, hey Bab?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I've seen a circus."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We dress up and do 'Babes in the Wood,'"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pho! that's nothing. I'll show you acting that will make your hair stand on end, and you shall act too. Bab will be capital for the naughty girls,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hush! Ben is coming, and he must not know anything about this yet."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "though it was very seldom that any of the busy matrons and elder sisters found time or inclination for these displays of youthful oratory. Miss Celia and Mrs. Moss were all the audience on this occasion, but Teacher was both pleased and proud to see them, and a general rustle went through the school as they came in, all the girls turning from the visitors to nod at Bab and Betty, who smiled all over their round faces to see"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ma sitting up"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Again to the battle, Achaians!"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "not only"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "but the small children on their little benches, and the schoolhouse literally rang"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "When"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Billy appeared to be going bodily up, and the"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "as if they had taken lessons of Van Amburgh's biggest lion."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Woman's fearless eye was expressed by a wild glare;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "by a sudden clutch at the reddish locks falling over the orator's hot forehead, and a sounding thump on his blue checked bosom told where"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "was located."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What sought they thus afar? he asked, in such a natural and inquiring tone, with his eye fixed on Mamie Peters, that the startled innocent replied,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dunno,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The Coral Grove,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Where the purple _mullet_ and gold-fish rove."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Lost Love in a pensive tone, clasping her hands and bringing out the"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "O"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But she is in her grave, and O, The difference to me!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Pussy's Class, which some of my young readers may have read. The"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "and the"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "were capital, and when the"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "the children shouted, for Miss Bab made a paw of her hand and ended with an impromptu purr, which was considered the best imitation ever presented to an appreciative public. Betty bashfully murmured"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Little White Lilly,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "THE OCEAN EAGLE SOARED."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is all, I believe. If either of the ladies would like to say a few words to the children, I should be pleased to have them,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Please'm, I'd like to speak my piece, answered Miss Celia, obeying a sudden impulse; and, stepping forward with her hat in her hand, she made a pretty courtesy before she recited Mary Howitt's sweet little ballad,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mabel on Midsummer Day."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now we will sing,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Out, you rascal!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Attention."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I just want to thank you for this pleasant little exhibition, and ask leave to come again, I also wish to invite you all to my boy's birthday party on Saturday week. The archery meeting is to be in the afternoon, and both clubs will be there, I believe. In the evening we are going to have some fun, when we can laugh as much as we please without breaking any of the rules. In Ben's name I invite you, and hope you will all come, for we mean to make this the happiest birthday he ever had."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mr.,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm not going to try for the prize at all. I shoot so much better than the rest, having had more practice, you know, that it is hardly fair. Ben and Billy are next best, and about even, for Ben's strong wrist makes up for Billy's true eye, and both want to win. If I am out of the way Ben stands a good chance, for the other fellows don't amount to much."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Bab does; she shoots nearly as well as Ben, and wants to win even more than he or Billy. She must have her chance at any rate."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So she may, but she wont do anything; girls can't, though it's good exercise and pleases them to try."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If I had full use of both my arms I'd show you that girls _can_ do a great deal when they like. Don't be too lofty, young man, for you may have to come down,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No fear,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We shall see,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come on and lend a paw. In the hurry of hoisting, the Siamese elephant got turned upside down, and now danced gayly on his head, with the stars and stripes waving proudly over him. A green flag with a yellow harp and sprig of shamrock hung in sight of the kitchen window, and Katy, the cook, got breakfast to the tune of"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "St. Patrick's day in the morning."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hail Columbia"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have come to shoot. I heard about it. My papa told me what arching meant. Will there be any little cakes? I like them."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She asked me to come that day. I have been very busy. I had measles. Do you have them here?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We had ours ever so long ago. What have you been doing besides having measles?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I had a fight with a bumble-bee."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Who beat?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I did. I ran away and he couldn't catch me."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Can you shoot nicely?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I hit a cow. She did not mind at all. I guess she thought it was a fly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Did your mother know you were coming?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No; she is gone to drive, so I could not ask her."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is very wrong to disobey. My Sunday-school book says that children who are naughty that way never go to heaven,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do not wish to go,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why not?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They don't have any dirt there. My mamma says so. I am fond of dirt. I shall stay here where there is plenty of it,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am afraid you're a very bad child."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh yes, I am. My papa often says so and he knows all about it, replied Alfred with an involuntary wriggle suggestive of painful memories. Then, as if anxious to change the conversation from its somewhat personal channel, he asked, pointing to a row of grinning heads above the wall,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do you shoot at those?"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I should think you'd be ashamed to peek before the party was ready!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Miss Celia told _us_ to come before two, and be ready to receive folks, if she wasn't down,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is striking two now. Come along, girls,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You look like Amazons storming a fort, she said, as the girls came up, each carrying her bow and arrows, while green ribbons flew in every direction."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How do you do, sir? I have been hoping you would call again,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yankee Doodle"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let 'em try, if they like, they can't do anything."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, Bab, you do as well as if I'd taught you myself,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A lady taught me, and I mean to beat every one of you,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not a bit of it, declared Thorny, stoutly; but he went to Ben and whispered,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do your best, old fellow, for sister has taught Bab all the scientific points, and the little rascal is ahead of Billy."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She wont get ahead of _me_,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It wouldn't be fair for such a big fellow to try with the little chaps, which made a laugh, as his want of skill was painfully evident. But Mose went at it gallantly, and if his eye had been as true as his arms were strong, the"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, Ben!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now, Bab!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hit her up, Ben!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Beat him, Bab!"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I want to beat, but Ben will feel _so_ bad, I 'most hope I sha'n't."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Losing a prize sometimes makes one happier than gaining it. You have proved that you could do better than most of them, so, if you do not beat, you may still feel proud,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I guess he'll beat,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Steady, old man, steady; you _must_ beat that, or we shall never hear the last of it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She wont get ahead of me,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I hope you'll beat, I truly do,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A tie! a tie!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No; Ben's is nearest. Ben's beat! Hooray!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Bab's beat! Hurrah! it sounded so pleasant. Then she saw Ben's beaming face, Thorny's intense relief, and caught the look Miss Celia sent her over the heads of the boys, and decided, with a sudden warm glow all over her little face, that losing a prize _did_ sometimes make one happier than winning it. Up went her best hat, and she burst out in a shrill,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Rah, rah, rah!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good for you, Bab! you are an honor to the club, and I'm proud of you,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I think it would be fairer to call it a tie, Bab, for it nearly was, and I want you to wear this. I wanted the fun of beating, but I don't care a bit for this girl's thing, and I'd rather see it on you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh no; you must wear it to show who won. Miss Celia wouldn't like it. I don't mind not getting it; I did better than all the rest, and I guess I shouldn't like to beat _you_,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You _must_ wear it; I shall feel real mean if you don't. You worked harder than I did, and it was only luck my getting this. Do, Bab, to please me,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then I will. Now do you forgive me for losing Sancho?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I did that when he came home."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And you don't think I'm horrid?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not a bit of it; you are first-rate, and I'll stand by you like a man, for you are 'most as good as a boy!"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is where it should be, and Ben is a true knight, winning the prize that he may give it to his lady, while he is content with the victory,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He learned that at the circus 'tunnyments,' as he calls them. He is a nice boy, and I am much interested in him; for he has the two things that do most toward making a man, patience and courage,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Bab is a nice child, too, said Miss Celia;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She does such things at school sometimes, and I can't bear to spoil her little atonements, though they are not always needed or very wise, answered Teacher."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not long ago I found that she had been giving her lunch day after day to a poor child who seldom had any, and when I asked her why, she said, with tears, 'I used to laugh at Abby, because she had only crusty, dry bread, and so she wouldn't bring any. I _ought_ to give her mine and be hungry, it was so mean to make fun of her poorness.'"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Did you stop the sacrifice?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No; I let Bab 'go halves,' and added an extra bit to my own lunch, so I could make my contribution likewise."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Come and tell me about Abby's folks, I want to make friends with our poor people, for soon I shall have a right to help them;"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "HAPPY FIELDS OF SUMMER."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She knows me! she is no longer afraid!"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How stupid of her, I thought,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is some sort of a fairy-man."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Please, sir, my feet are almost frozen."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, ho! thought Jules,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know all about that. This is one of the fairy-folks who come in distress to a person, and if that person is kind to them, he is made rich and happy; but if he turns them away, he soon finds himself in all sorts of misery. I shall be very careful. And then he said aloud:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, sir, what can I do for you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is a strange question, said the dwarf."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If you were to walk by the side of a deep stream, and were to see a man sinking in the water, would you stop and ask him what you could do for him?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Would you like my stockings? said Jules, putting down his knife and sausage, and preparing to pull off one of his boots."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will let you have them."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, no! said the other."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They are miles too big for me."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Will you have my cap or my scarf in which to wrap your feet and warm them?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, no! said the dwarf."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't put my feet in caps and scarfs."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, tell me what you would like, said Jules."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Shall I make a fire?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, I will not tell you, said the fairy-man."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You have kept me standing here long enough."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wish, sir, that you would tell me just what you would like for your cold feet, said Jules, in an entreating tone,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If your ax were half as dull as your brain, said the dwarf,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If I only could have thought what it was best to do!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know what I should have done,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I should have just snatched the little fellow up, and rubbed his feet and wrapped them in my shawl until they were warm,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But he would not have liked that, said Jules."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He was an old man and very particular."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I would not care, said Selma;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I wouldn't let such a little fellow stand suffering in the snow, and I wouldn't care how old he was."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I hope you'll never meet any of these fairy-people, said Jules."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You'd drive them out of the country with your roughness, and we might all whistle for our fortunes."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What's the matter?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm sorry I laughed at you, sir, said Selma,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Much you know about it, said the dwarf."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This is the only way to fish. You let your pole float, with a piece of bait on a hook fastened to the big end of the pole. Then you fasten a line to the little end. When a fish bites, you haul in the pole by means of the string."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Have you caught anything yet?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, not yet,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, I'm sure I can fish better than that. Would you mind letting me try a little while?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not at all--not at all! said the dwarf, handing the line to Selma."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If you think you can fish better than I can, do it by all means."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hurrah! cried the little old man, giving a skip in the air; and then, turning away from the stream, he shouted,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Come here!"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hello! cried the old fellow,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I've caught one."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is this other person's name?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "His name, said the old gnome, looking up,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is that all the name he has?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes. And it is a very good name. It shows just who and what he is."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, then, Mr. Class 60, H, said Selma,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Very good! Very good! said Class 60, H, laughing and clapping his hands."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Capital! See here!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Certainly, said the old gnome."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's just what I was thinking of. Will you mention it to her? I must hurry and show this fish while it is fresh,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "My dear Miss, said Class 60, H, approaching Selma,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Go down underground, where you live? asked Selma."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Would it be safe down there, and when could I get back again?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Safe, dear miss? Oh, perfectly so! And the trip will not take you more than a couple of hours. I assure you that you will be back in plenty of time for supper. Will you go, if I send a trusty messenger for you? You may never have another chance to see our country."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good! I see you have determined to go. Wait here five minutes and the messenger will be with you,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I didn't say I would go, thought Selma,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, are you ready?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Stop! You needn't be frightened. I'm tame."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come back, said the bear;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will not hurt you in the least. I am sent to take you to the Queen Dowager of the Gnomes. I don't mind your being frightened at me. I'm used to it. But I am getting a little tired of telling folks that I am tame,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are to take me?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, said the bear."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You can get on my back and I will give you a nice ride. Come on! Don't keep me waiting, please."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Suppose we were to meet with robbers,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Robbers! said the bear, with a laugh."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's good! Robbers, indeed! You needn't be afraid of robbers. If we were to meet any of them, you would be the last person they'd ever meet."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'd tear 'em all into little bits,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You get off here,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come in! she said; and Selma entered the room."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The Queen Dowager will see you in a few minutes, said the little old woman."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am her housekeeper. I'll go and tell her you're here, and, meantime, it would be well for you to get your answers all ready, so as to lose no time."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "One thing I didn't tell you, said he, hurriedly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I was afraid if I mentioned it you wouldn't come. The Queen Dowager wants a governess for her grandson, the Gnome Prince. Now, please don't say you can't do it, for I'm sure you'll suit exactly. The little fellow has had lots of teachers, but he wants one of a different kind now. This is the school-room. That ball is the globe where he studies his geography. It's only the under part of the countries that he has to know about, and so they are marked out on the inside of the globe. What they want now is a special teacher, and after having come here, and had the Queen Dowager notified, it wouldn't do to back out, you know."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How old is the Prince?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "About seventy-eight,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, he's an old man,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not at all, my dear miss, said Class 60, H."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It takes a long time for us to get old. The Prince is only a small boy; if he were a human boy, he would be about five years of age. I don't look old, do I?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, I'm three hundred and fifty-two, next Monday. And as for Class 20, P,--the old fellow you saw fishing,--he is nine hundred and sixty."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, you are all dreadfully old, and you have very funny names,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "In this part of the world, said the other,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Her Majesty will see you,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is the applicant?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, this is she,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She looks young,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Very true, said the housekeeper,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are right, said Her Majesty;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Get ready,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What are your qualifications?"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Put down, 'Asked, but not given.'"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We must be careful, said she, in a whisper, to the Queen Dowager,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All right,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Are you fond of children?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, ma'am,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Good! cried the Queen Dowager;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Eighty-two,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do you like pie?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very much, ma'am,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Capital! capital! said Her Majesty."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That will do. I see no need of asking her any other questions. Do you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "None whatever, said the other."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She answered all but one, and that one she didn't really miss."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There is no necessity for any further bother, said the Queen Dowager."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She is engaged."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now, my dear girl, said the housekeeper,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will induct you into your duties. They are simple."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But I should like to know, said Selma,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh! you wont have to do that, interrupted the housekeeper."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You will take the Prince home with you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Home with me?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes. It would be impossible for you to teach him properly here. We want him taught Emergencies--that is, what to do in case of the various emergencies which may arise. Nothing of the kind ever arises down here. Everything goes on always in the usual way. But on the surface of the earth, where he will often go, when he grows up, they are very common, and you have been selected as a proper person to teach him what to do when any of them occur to him. By the way, what are your terms?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't know, said Selma."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Whatever you please."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That will suit very well,--very well indeed, said the housekeeper."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I think you are the very person we want."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thank you,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is she inducted?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then here is the Prince,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You will take him, she said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now, then, said the housekeeper,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You must do your best, my dear, said her mother,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Confound it! he said, when he heard the story."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I should have done all this. That should have been my pupil, and the good luck should have been mine. The gnome-man came first to me, and, if he had waited a minute, I should have thought of the right thing to do. I could teach that youngster far better than you, Selma. What do you know about emergencies?"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let go of his tail!"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now is my chance. I know what to do, this time. I'll just keep this young rascal and make his people pay me a pretty sum for his ransom. I'll take him to the city, where the gnomes never go, and leave him there, in safe hands, while I come back and make terms. Good for you, at last, Jules!"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let go of his tail. He would gladly let go of the bear's tail, but the bear had none--at least, none that he could see. So what was he to do?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let go of his tail! cried the poor little fellow, to himself."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, if he only had a tail!"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ah me! said the conscience-stricken wood-cutter,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ah me! I am a wretch indeed. I have given myself up into the power of the Evil One. Not only did I steal that child from his home, and from the good people who have always befriended me, but I have left him to be devoured by a wild beast of the forest. Whatever shall I do? Satan himself has got me in his power, through my own covetousness and greed. How--oh! how--can I ever get away from him?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let go of his tail!"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Whoever would have supposed, said he, at last,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's time for the dog to be churning!"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There is no one here, in this mud-hole, to appreciate me,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How like to a polliwog it is! she rapturously exclaimed,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And a glorified polliwog it is, daughter of the water!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Kerdunk!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There is a legend, connected with our race, that runs in this wise:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ahem!"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dreadful!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, it did! said the Sage, reproachfully,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Miserable I! and wicked! _I_ have caused this drouth! And now I have no power to remedy the evil I have done!"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "OH-H-H! BOO-HOO-HOO!"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Show me the place where these waters leak away."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Drag me thither by my tail!"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good-bye! wept the brave little polliwog, wriggling with feeling, and groaning some."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If any of you survive me, tell it to your children that I laid myself in the breach!"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "IN THE SKY."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Such, said the Sage, concluding,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "liberally advertised for in the great city, that she hardly had a corner for Ham and his bride. She was glad enough that she had made the effort to find one, however, when she learned what was the nature of the stranger's business. There was a look of undisguised astonishment on the faces of the regular guests, all around, when they gathered for the next meal. It happened to be supper, but they all looked at the table and then at one another; and it was a pity Ham and Miranda did not understand those glances, or make a longer visit. They might have learned more about Mrs. Myers if not the Academy. As it was, they only gained a very high opinion of her cookery and hospitality, as well as an increase of respect for the"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What Dabney needs is schooling and polish, my dear. It'll be good for him to board in the same house with two such complete young gentlemen."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of course, Ham. And then he'll be sure of having plenty to eat. There was almost too much on the table."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not if the boarders had all been boys of Dab's age and appetite. Mrs. Myers is evidently accustomed to them, I should say."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where are Joe and Foster, Maria?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Gone on some errand of their own, I think. Something about Annie."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "About Annie! Look here, Maria, if Annie can't take a joke----"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So I say, began his wife; but just then a loud voice sounded in the entry, and the two boys came in and took their places at the table. In a moment more"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fuz"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm glad Annie's gone, for one. She was too stiff and steep for any kind of comfort."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Boys, said Mr. Hart, observing them,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, replied Joe,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, your cousin is sure to go, and I'm almost certain of another boy besides the missionary's son. That'll fill up Mrs. Myers' house, and you can board somewhere else."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hurrah for that! exclaimed the young gentleman whose name, from that of his lawyer relative, had been shortened to mere"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fuz."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are you sure the black boy was not hurt, Ford?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hurt, mother? Why, he seems to be a kind of fish. They all know him, and went right past my hook to his all the while."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dear me! exclaimed Mrs. Foster,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I forgot. Annie, this is Ford's friend, Dabney Kinzer, our neighbor."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wont you shake hands with me, Mr. Kinzer?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "for at least three minutes; but he would hardly have been his own mother's son if he had let himself be entirely"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There, now, I'd like to see the other boy of your size can do that. Look here, Dab, where'd you get your training?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I mustn't drop the fish, you see,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, indeed. You've given me half I've got, as it is. Annie, have you looked at the crabs? You ought to have seen Dick Lee with a lot of 'em gripping in his hair."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "In his hair?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "When he was down through the bottom of his boat. They'd have eaten him up if they'd had a chance. You see he's no shell on him."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Exactly, said Annie, as Dab lowered his fish."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, Dabney, I wish you would thank your mother for sending my trunk over. Your sisters, too. I've no doubt we shall be very neighborly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She considers me a boy, and she means I'd better take my fish home,"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will, thank you. Good afternoon, Mrs. Foster. I'll see you to-night, Ford, about Monday and the yacht. Good afternoon, Annie."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Mother, did you hear him call me 'Annie?'"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes; and I heard you call him 'Dabney.'"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But he's only a boy----"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't care! exclaimed Ford,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Could she have thought me ill-bred or impertinent?"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They ought to be drowned,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "In ink, added Annie;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look at Dabney Kinzer, whispered Jenny Walters to her mother, in church, the next morning."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Did you ever see anybody's hair as smooth as that?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mr. Kinzer,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There! he exclaimed;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I know it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Know what?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Know what you're thinking."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do you, indeed?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, you think I'm like the crabs."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What _do_ you mean?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You think I was green enough till you spoke to me, and now I'm boiled red in the face."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My dear, said the lawyer,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I feel sure a woman of Mrs. Kinzer's good sense would not permit her son to go out in that way if she did not feel safe about him. He's been brought up to it, you know, and so has the colored boy who is to go with them."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, mother, argued Ford,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There might be a storm."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The horses might run away."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Or you might upset."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So might a carriage."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Some time or other, I'd be glad to have you, replied Dab,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why not?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We mean to go right across the bay and try some fishing."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Couldn't I fish?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, no. I don't think you could."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why couldn't I?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Because,--well, because you'd most likely be too sea-sick by the time we got there."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How smooth his hair is!"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's my own hair, Jenny Walters,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I should hope it was."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I should like to know what you go to church for, anyhow?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "To hear people talk about sailing and fishing. How much do you s'pose a young lady like Miss Foster cares about small boys?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Or little girls either? Not much; but Annie and I mean to have a good sail before long."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Annie and I!"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What book is that you are reading, Ford?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Captain Cook's 'Voyages.'"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And the other in your lap?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, you might have worse books than they are, even for Sunday, that's a fact, though you ought to have better; but which of them do you and Dabney Kinzer mean to imitate to-morrow?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Crusoe,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I see. And so you've got Dick Lee to go along as your Man-Friday."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He's Dab's man, not mine."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, and you mean to be Crusoe number two? Well, don't get cast away on too desolate an island, that's all."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dab is captain, Annie, you know. I'm under his orders to-day."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "An' you's doin' tip-top for a green hand, you is."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It was a good deal more like a land-locked"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I don't wonder Ham Morris called her the 'Swallow,' remarked Ford."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How she skims! Can you get in under the deck, there, forward? That's the cabin?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, that's the cabin, replied Dab;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What's it made so tight for?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, Ham says he's made his yacht a life-boat. Those places at the sides and under the seats are all air-tight. She might capsize, but she'd never sink. Don't you see?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I see. How it blows!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It's a little fresh. How'd you like to be wrecked?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good fun, said Ford."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I got wrecked on the cars the other day."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "On the cars?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, yes. I forgot to tell you about that."
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm glad it was I instead of Annie,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of course. Didn't you tell me your sister came through all alone?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes; she ran away from those cousins of mine. Oh, wont I pay them off when I get to Grantley!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Where's that? What did they do?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Swallow"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Aint they older and bigger than you? asked Dabney, as Ford closed his recital."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What can you do with two of 'em?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They can't box worth a cent, and I can. Anyhow, I mean to teach them better manners."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You can box?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Had a splendid teacher."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Will you show me how, when we get back?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We can practice all we choose. I've two pair of gloves."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hurrah for that! Ease her, Dick! It's blowing pretty fresh. We'll have a tough time tacking home against such a breeze as this. May be it'll change before night."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Capt'in Dab, calmly remarked Dick,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, what of it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is you goin' fo' de inlet?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of course. What else can we do? That's what we started for."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Looks kind o' dirty, dat's all."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Swallow"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Swallow fully merited all that had been said in her favor. The"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pretty near where we're to try our fishing, aint we?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Just outside, there. Get ready, Dick. Sharp now!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Swallow was drifting along under"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Heave!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now for some weak-fish. It's about three fathoms, and the tide's near the turn."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Swallow"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Somebody's done gone cut dat rope!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Sharp now, boys, or we'll be rolling in the surf in three minutes! Haul away, Dick! Haul with him, Ford! Up with her! There, that'll give us headway."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Swallow"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can't we go back through the inlet in the bar?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not with this wind in our teeth, and it's getting worse every minute. No more will it do to try and keep inside the surf."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What can we do, then?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Take the smoothest places and run 'em. The sea isn't very rough outside. It's our only chance."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Captain Kinzer's face which gave him a little confidence, and he turned to look at the surf. The only way for the"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Swallow to penetrate that dangerous barrier of broken water was to"
}
]
|
29983 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Swallow"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hurrah, boys! We're out at sea!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dat's so,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So it is, remarked Ford, a little gloomily;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, replied Dab,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How about fishing?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Guess we wont bother 'em much, but you might try for a blue fish. Sometimes they're capital fun, right along here."
}
]
|
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