The doers . he men had the pole 146 THE DOERS straight up in the air, he wandered over tothe wagon and tried to see if anything elsewas in it. The backboard was up and he could ntsee inside at all, but he saw the wheels thatthe poles had come on, and he thought hewould try to shin up on them and look in. So he put his arms around the axle andtried to get one leg over; but as soon as hetook his foot off the ground, the wheels be-gan to go. He put his foot down again andmade the wheels go faster, hanging on tothe axle with his arms and paddling on theground with his feet, for the ground sloped a
The doers . he men had the pole 146 THE DOERS straight up in the air, he wandered over tothe wagon and tried to see if anything elsewas in it. The backboard was up and he could ntsee inside at all, but he saw the wheels thatthe poles had come on, and he thought hewould try to shin up on them and look in. So he put his arms around the axle andtried to get one leg over; but as soon as hetook his foot off the ground, the wheels be-gan to go. He put his foot down again andmade the wheels go faster, hanging on tothe axle with his arms and paddling on theground with his feet, for the ground sloped alittle. And when the wheels had rolled gentlydown to the lowest part of the road, theystopped and David could nt make them goany more, even when he pushed as hard ashe could. But the men had got through setting thepole, and they were going over to the wagonwhen David rolled down the road and couldnt get back. THE POLE-MEN STORY 147 And they all went where lie was, and oneof them pushed on the axle, and David. ••}_
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