"I'll hold it, ma'am," said Kate, who was clearing off the table in the dining-room: "I'm very strong in my arms."
"The platform will be a grand good place to mount," said Felix. "You can step up on the railing, and get right on: you can't get on as I do, very well, until you get used to it."
"Come right out now, before I wash my dishes," said Kate.
"But you must promise, Johnny, that if think there is any danger, and ask you to get down, you will obey me at once," said Mrs. Le Bras: "I am almost sorry I said you could try, before your father came home."
They all went out on the platform; and Johnny brought the bicycle out of the shed, and leaned it up against the railing of the platform, near the steps on which Kate was standing. Kate came out, and held the wheel with a firm grip, while Johnny stepped on the railing, and got upon the seat.
"Now, Katie," said Johnny, "just help me wheel it out, where I can balance it."
Kate cautiously pulled the machine away from the platform; while Johnny placed his feet firmly on the pedals, and turned the wheel slowly at first, while Kate was holding it. "Let go now, Katie," he said.
"Shall I?" asked Kate doubtfully, looking at Mrs. Le Bras.
"No, no!" cried Sue: "he'll fall if you do, I know he will!"
"I am afraid so too," said Mrs. Le Bras. "We don't want two boys with sprained ankles, Johnny."