He would cut grass, beat rugs, cart away rubbish, and do
things like that for people who lived near the brook. And soon after
loading his wagon with wood and taking away the Lamb on Wheels the man
said to himself:
"I'll go around to the Big House and ask if they have any trash that
needs carting away. I can't take it now, because I have this load of
wood on, but I could come to-morrow and get it. Yes, I'll drive to the
Big House and see if they need me."
The "Big House," as the man called it, was a place where a gardener, a
cook, and a maid were kept by a rich family, and the gardener used to
rake up the trash in the yard and keep it until the rubbish man called
with his wagon to take it away.
So along rattled the wagon with the Lamb on Wheels up on the pile of
wood. She slid from side to side, as the road was now rough, and once
she almost fell out. But the man looked around just in time and saw her.
"Oh, ho! Mustn't have that happen!" he exclaimed. "I don't want to lose
the Lamb I found. It's an almost new toy, and maybe I can sell it. I
must not lose it!"
Then he reached back and took the Lamb on Wheels from along the loose
pieces of wood.
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