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I fell on top of it and under it and on both sides of it; I fell in front of the front wheel and behind the hind wheel at the same time. I FELL ON TOP OF IT AND UNDER IT AND ON BOTH SIDES OF IT I FELL IN FRONT OF THE FRONT WHEEL AND BEHIND THE HIND WHEEL AT THE SAME TIME
 could cut more hay with it than any man in Punkin Centre. Somebody sed Si Pettingill wuz tryin' to pick apples with a bisickle. Wall, all our boys and girls are ridin' bisickles now, and nothin' would do but I must learn how to ride one of them. Wall, I didn't think very favorably on it, but in order to keep peace in the family I told them I would learn. Wall, gee whilikee, by gum. I wish you had bin thar when I commenced. I took that masheen by the horns and I led it out into the middle of the road, and I got on it sort of unconcerned like, and then I got off sort of unconcerned like. Wall, I sot down a minnit to think it over, and then the trouble commenced. I got on that durned masheen and it jumped up in the front and kicked up behind, and bucked up in the middle, and shied and balked and jumped sideways, and carried on worse 'n a couple of steers the fust time they're yoked. Wall, I managed to hang on fer a spell, and then I went up in the air and cum down all over that bisickle. CHED UP TO THE MOWIN MACHINE HE COULD CUT MORE HAY WITH IT THAN ANY MAN IN PUNKIN'S CENTER SOMEBODY SAID TI PETTINGIL WAS TRYIN TO PICK APPLES WITH A BICYCLE WELL ALL OUR BOYS AND GIRLS ARE RIDING BICYCLES NOW NOTHING WOULD DO BUT I MUST LEARN HOW TO RIDE ONE OF THEM WELL I DIDN'T THINK VERY FAVORABLY ON IT BUT IN ORDER TO KEEP THE PEACE IN THE FAMILY I TOLD THEM I WOULD LEARN WELL GEE WHINNOCKY BY GUM I WISH YOU HAD BEEN THAR WHEN I COMMENCED I TOOK THAT MACHINE BY THE HORNS AND I LET IT OUT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND I GOT ON IT SORT O UNCONCERNED LIKE AND THEN I GOT OFF SORT OF UNCONCERN LIKE WELL I SOT DOWN A MINUTE TO THINK IT OVER AND THEN THE TROUBLE COMMENCED I GOT ON THAT DURNED MACHINE AND IT JUMPED UP IN FRONT AND KICKED UP BEHIND AND BUCKED UP IN THE MIDDLE AND SHIED AND BALKED AND JUMPED SIDEWAYS AND CARRIED ON WORSING A COUPLE OF STEERS THE FUST TIME THEY WAS YOKED WELL I MANAGED TO HANG ON FOR A SPELL AND THEN I WENT UP IN THE AIR AND COME DOWN ALL OVER THAT BICYCLE
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