“Oh no, mother,” said Phonny, “there is no danger.”
Boys always say there is no danger.
Phonny next showed his gimlets, and his augers, and his bits and bit-stocks. A bit is a kind of borer which is turned round and round by means of a machine called a bit-stock.
Phonny took the bit-stock and a bit and was going to bore a hole in the side of the bench, by way of showing his mother how the tool was used.
“Stop,” said Stuyvesant, “I would not bore into the work bench. I will get a piece of board.”
So he pulled out a small piece of board from under the work bench and Phonny bored into that.
Mrs. Henry next came to the chopping block. The hatchet was lying upon the block.
“I am rather sorry to see that you have got a hatchet,” said Mrs. Henry.
“Why, mother?” asked Phonny.