'I'm not sure what to say,' Norma said.
'I think my version looks more intelligent,' Bertha replied.
'No comment,' Norma commented.
'I should have made a better job of sewing his head on though.'
'It is a little disconcerting seeing them separately,' Norma replied.
'You realise this would make a better captain?' Bertha suggested. 'It doesn't pretend to think, never talks about rope and has just as good a grasp of how to sail a ship.'
Norma thought that a little cruel.
'I'm just being honest!' Bertha mooed.
'To a fault,' Norma replied.
'Could you hold him for me while I sew him back together?'
And Norma said she could.
So Bertha rolled out a very impressive collection of needles and chose which one to use.
'And then you're going to fire staples at it?' Norma asked as Bertha sewed.
'For a while.'
Norma sighed a particularly long sigh.
'He started it!' Bertha replied.
And Norma decided to keep her sighs to herself.
Which wasn't easy.
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