They gave another big pull all together, and the log rolled over.
At last, instead of a rough log with bark on it, it was a smooth, square piece of timber ready to use in building the church.
BUILDING THE CHURCH
AFTER they had made many bricks, Father Joseph came to Massea and Docas and said, “We can begin to build the church now.”
Alachu had been playing with some of the broken bricks. That night she said to Docas, “I think you can’t build a very big church.”
“Why not?” asked Docas.
The day before, Massea and two men had gone to the hills to fell the trees.
“It will tumble down,” said Alachu. “I built up a brick wall that was not any higher than I am, and it fell over while I went to get some more bricks.”
“Oh, but we are going to make ours thick. Father Joseph told father to-day that we should make the walls three feet thick. Besides, we shall fasten the bricks together with mortar.”