And the second man walked up his pole, and let down the end of the rope. And the man on the ground tied it to the wire, and the man on the pole pulled it up, and the wire hung in the air between him and David's house. Then the man on the ground walked along to the next pole, and he tied the man's rope to the wire and _he_ pulled it up. And the man on the ground walked along to the corner of the new house, and he took hold of the wire there, and went up the ladder with it, and the wire was hanging in the air all the way from the new house to David's house, but it rested on the two poles between. Then the men all pulled the wire as tight as it ought to be, and they fastened it to the poles and to the house, just the way it belonged, and they made it go down the corner of the house, and they cut it off at the bottom and left the ends sticking out. Some other men would come and put wires inside the house, and those other men would put the telephone in so that people could talk with each other when they were far apart. Then the pole men came down from their poles and the ladder, and they gathered up all their things and put them into the wagon. And they took off their climbers and put them into the wagon, and they tied the wheels on behind, so that they would drag after the wagon. And they untied the horses and they all got in, and they drove away, with all their six wheels rattling, and they left David looking after them. But before they had got far one of the men turned and saw David looking after them, and he saw his cat; and he waved his hand to David, and he waved it to his cat. Of course, the cat couldn't wave her hand, but David could, and he did, and then the wagon turned the corner, and the wheels rattled after. And David looked to see where his cart was, for he had forgotten it; and he went to the cart, and took up the handle and walked slowly home. And that's all. XIII THE MOVING-MEN STORY Once upon a time there was a little boy, and he was almost five years old, and his name was David. And there weren't any other children near for him to play with, so he used to play happily all by himself. He had his cat and his cart and his shovel and his hoe, and he always wore his overalls when he was playing. They had been building a new house in the field next to David's house, and it was all done, and all ready to be lived in. It had electric lights and a range which would burn either coal or gas; and in cold weather they would burn coal in the range, and in warm weather they would use the gas part. And the telephone was all in, for the inside-telephone-men had come and put it in. David hadn't seen them do their work, because they had been inside the house all the time, and there wasn't any nice foreman, like Jonathan, who knew him, and who took pains to show him everything there was to show.