And the cat ran home as fast as she could go. But the little boy didn't know it, he was so busy.
MAKING MORTAR
And he backed the cart up to the sand-pile, and he took his shovel and shoveled sand into the cart until the man said that was enough.
Then he took hold of the handle and pulled. It was heavier than he thought it would be, but he pulled it over to the box of mortar. It was only a few steps.
Then the man told him to shovel it in, a little at a time.
And the little boy shoveled it in slowly, and he felt very proud, for he was helping to make real mortar.
And he kept on shoveling until the man said that was enough.
The man hoed the mortar for a few minutes, and then he took up a queer-looking thing that he said was his hod.
It was made of two boards that were put together like a V with the point down; and another board was nailed across one end, but the other end was left open.