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[ { "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?"...
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[ { "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," } ]
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[ { "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 ...
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[ { "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...
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[ { "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", ...
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[ { "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": "...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A queen, just think!" } ]
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[ { "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 arro...
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[ { "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 esca...
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[ { "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 ...
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[ { "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...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Not bad for a beginning. Now, Ben, fire away." } ]
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[ { "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 targ...
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[ { "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." } ]
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[ { "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, ...
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[ { "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 ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Victoria," } ]
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[ { "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 ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "First class in reading" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "and" } ]
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[ { "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", "valu...
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[ { "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 th...
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[ { "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 ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Again to the battle, Achaians!" } ]
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[ { "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...
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[ { "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" }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now we will sing," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Out, you rascal!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Attention." } ]
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[ { "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 goi...
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[ { "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 th...
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[ { "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 Kat...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hail Columbia" } ]
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[ { "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." } ]
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[ { "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...
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[ { "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 al...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Let 'em try, if they like, they can't do anything." } ]
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[ { "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," },...
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[ { "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" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, Ben!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Now, Bab!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Hit her up, Ben!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Beat him, Bab!" } ]
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[ { "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...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I guess he'll beat," } ]
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[ { "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," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I hope you'll beat, I truly do," } ]
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[ { "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 se...
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[ { "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 w...
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[ { "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", ...
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[ { "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...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "HAPPY FIELDS OF SUMMER." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She knows me! she is no longer afraid!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How stupid of her, I thought," } ]
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[ { "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-fol...
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[ { "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," } ]
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[ { "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 rub...
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[ { "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 p...
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[ { "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!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hello! cried the old fellow," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've caught one." } ]
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[ { "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 j...
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[ { "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", ...
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[ { "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 la...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You get off here," } ]
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[ { "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, meantim...
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[ { "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 e...
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[ { "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 righ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What are your qualifications?" } ]
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[ { "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?" }, { ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You will take him, she said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Now, then, said the housekeeper," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You must do your best, my dear, said her mother," } ]
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[ { "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 o...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Let go of his tail!" } ]
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[ { "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 l...
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[ { "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", ...
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[ { "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, ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Whoever would have supposed, said he, at last," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's time for the dog to be churning!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There is no one here, in this mud-hole, to appreciate me," } ]
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[ { "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, connecte...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dreadful!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, it did! said the Sage, reproachfully," } ]
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[ { "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!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "OH-H-H! BOO-HOO-HOO!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Show me the place where these waters leak away." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Drag me thither by my tail!" } ]
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[ { "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!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "IN THE SKY." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Such, said the Sage, concluding," } ]
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[ { "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...
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[ { "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 th...
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[ { "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", ...
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[ { "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. F...
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[ { "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,...
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[ { "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 ...
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[ { "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 ev...
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[ { "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 w...
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[ { "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?" }, ...
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[ { "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 an...
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[ { "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 f...
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[ { "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 Grant...
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[ { "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 man...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Swallow fully merited all that had been said in her favor. The" } ]
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[ { "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!" }, ...
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[ { "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?"...
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[ { "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, rep...