[First in the Field by George Manville Fenn]@TWC D-Link bookFirst in the Field CHAPTER NINETEEN 2/16
Good, strong, fat stuff as'll grow anything.
I'm making a cowcumber bed." "Not much of a barrow, Sam," said Nic. "Well, it ain't, Master Nic, and I'd ha' made another afore now, on'y I can't get a wheel.
The master's going to get me one first chance, for the wheel bothers me.
I could make the box, but wheels want practice. I did try to make one, and I forged a pretty good tire down yonder but the wood part! My word, it was a rickety, wobbly one, and broke down second day.
Didn't teach you to make barrow wheels at school, I suppose ?" "No," said Nic, laughing.
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