Nursie saw and started for her, but she
scrambled up and went kiting for the bench, and climbed on it, so nurse
told her she'd cut the blood out of her if she did that again, then went
back to her policeman. Soon as she was gone those little devils began
coaxing their sister to get down and run again. At last she began to smile
the cunningest and slipped to the walk, then a little farther, and a
little farther, all the time laughing and watching the nurse. The big boy,
he said: 'You ain't nothing but a _girl!_ You can't step on the edge like
I can and then step back!' She says: 'C'n too!' She did to show him, and
just as she did she saw that he was going to push her, then she tried to
get back, but he did push, and over she went! Not real in, but her arms
in, and her dress front some wet.
"She screamed while the little devil that pushed her grabbed her,
pretending to be _pulling her out_. Honest he did! Up came nurse just
frothing, and in language we couldn't understand she ripped and raved. She
dragged little pink back, grabbed her by the hair and cracked her head two
or three times against the _stone!_ The lady screamed, and so did I, and
we both ran at her.
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