He had already made the acquaintance of the three boys. They had shown
him below in front of the house how one of them could best throw down the
others, and had demonstrated all sorts of useful tricks. But as each
tried to outdo the others in showing off his knowledge, a struggle ensued
and the tricks were immediately applied; one threw another over the
third, Sami was knocked and thrown around by all three.
When he now came down from his room a voice from the barn called out:
"Come here and help pull."
Sami ran along. There stood the two younger boys, Michael and Uli, with
great hoes on their shoulders, and Stoeffi beside a cart which had to be
taken along. They waited for their father, and then all went out to the
field. Here Stoeffi and Sami had to rake together the grass, which the
father cut, and load it on the cart, and bring home to the cows. Michael
and Uli had to hoe the weeds in the next field near by. Now it appeared
that Sami did not know at all how to use the rake, for he had never done
such work.
"He shall weed with Uli, and Michael can do this work," said the farmer.
But when Sami tried to do this, the hoe was too heavy for him, and he
could do nothing.
"Then kneel on the ground and pull them up with your hands," said
the farmer.
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