As they passed by, the children who were riding called, “will you ride? will you ride?”
James. No, I thank you, we may not.
Edward. I should like it, if I might.
One girl called, “See how we ride!” One said, “O! how charming this is!” One boy said, “You see we do not fall!”
James. I am not fearful; but my mother forbade us to ride.
One boy shouted aloud, “Come, come, you must ride; it will not be known at home. I was bid not to ride, but you see I do.”
Just as he spoke, the part upon which he sat broke, and down he fell.
In another part of the fair, the boys saw some children tossed about in a Toss-about.
They were singing merrily the old nurse’s ditty:
“Now we go up, up, up,