For playground, field, and forest; the outdoor handy book (1900)
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 329
sking : What is this lock madeof? Brass ! answer the boys. Well, brass is strong. What is this lock made of ? heagain asks of the owners of two other clasped hands. Iron ! they answer. And this? 302 Slimmer Steel! * I think I can break steel; and making believe to try,the bull suddenly turns and… … Fig. 261.—Bull in the Ring. It must not be supposed that the bull always succeedsin breaking through the ring the first time. Sometimesthe locks of brass, iron, gold, or even lead are too strongfor him, and he makes believe examine some other locks,while the circle of boys jeer him, and tell him…
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