CHAPTER VIII. 

THE CART RIDE. 

A week after this, Caleb had his whip to mend. He had broken off the lash, by whipping in sticks and little pieces of drift-wood to the mole. David and Dwight worked a little every day upon the mole, and had carried it out pretty far into the stream, and had almost finished the lower branches of the Y. So, one morning, after the boys had gone to school, and Caleb had had his reading lesson, he sat down upon the steps of the door, behind the house, and began to tie on his lash with a piece of twine which Mary Anna had given him. 

Behind the house where Caleb's grandmother lived, there was a lane which led to the pasture. At the head of the lane, where you entered it from the yard, were a pair of bars. While Caleb was mending his whip, he accidentally looked up, and noticed that the bars were down. 

"There, Mr. Raymond," said Caleb, talking to himself, as he went on winding his twine round and round the whip-handle; "for once in your life, you have been careless. You have left your bars down. Now we shall have the cattle all let out, unless I go and stop the mischief." 

Caleb thought he would go and put the bars up again, as soon as he had tied the ends of his twine; but before he got quite ready, he heard a noise, as of something coming in the lane. He could not see down the lane far, from the place where he sat, for the barn was in the way. But he wondered what could be coming, and he looked towards the bars, and sat waiting for it to appear. 
Who worked on the mole daily?
Did they know Caleb?
Who gave him the twine?
Did the whip need mending?
What was broken on it?
where did David and Dwight go in the morning?
Could Caleb read?
Did he have grandmother?
What was behind her house?
where did it lead?
Was Caleb skilled at mending?
What did he notice about the bars?
Who left them down?
Was is careless of My. Raymond leave bars down?
Why was it a bad thing?
Did caleb intend to fix the bars?
Why didn't he fix the bars?
Where was the noise coming from?
Could he see the noise origin?
Did he go search or did he wait?
David and Dwight
 David and Dwight worked a little every day upon the mole
yes
 Caleb had his whip to mend. He had broken off the lash, by whipping in sticks and little pieces of drift-wood to the mole. David and Dwight worked a little every day upon the mole
Mary Anna
a piece of twine which Mary Anna had given him
yes
Caleb had his whip to mend
the lash
He had broken off the lash
school
 So, one morning, after the boys had gone to school
yes
and Caleb had had his reading lesson,
yes
Caleb's grandmother
a lane
Behind the house where Caleb's grandmother lived, there was a lane
the pasture
 a lane which led to the pasture
unknown
unknown
they were down
 noticed that the bars were down
Caleb
There, Mr. Raymond," said Caleb, talking to himself, as he went on winding his twine round and round the whip-handle; "for once in your life, you have been careless. You have left your bars down
yes
 you have been careless
the cattle will get out
 Now we shall have the cattle all let out
yes
Caleb thought he would go and put the bars up again
he heard a noise
but before he got quite ready, he heard a noise
the lane
he heard a noise, as of something coming in the lane
no
 He could not see down the lane far, 
he waited
 sat waiting for it to appear