"Now it's your turn, Rose," he said, as he handed her the skatemobile. But the little girl shook her head.
"I'll watch a little more," she said. "Let Laddie go."
So Laddie coasted down. Then Rose took her turn. Down the sidewalk hill she coasted on the skate wagon, and she was just turning around to wave to her mother and her brothers, who were watching her, when all of a sudden out from a gate ran a little dog. Right in front of Rose, and a little ahead of her he ran, and then he stood on the sidewalk and barked at her.
"Look out, Rose! Look out!" cried her mother.
"Steer to one side! Turn out for him!" yelled Russ.
"Stick out your foot and stop the skate wagon, same as you stop yourself on roller skates," cried Laddie.
But Rose, it seemed, could do none of these things. Straight for the little dog she coasted.