oh, please!"

So he ran all round and played in the Park.

Suddenly he thought it was time to go home. He looked for the hole in
the sidewalk but he couldn't find it. And he didn't know how to ask for
the subway for he didn't know its name and he couldn't talk English.
"I'll have to walk!" he thought. He knew he must walk south for he had
noticed which way the sun was when he went into the hole in the
sidewalk. And now he noticed again where it was and so he could tell
which way was south.

So Boris went out on the street. He walked to the corner and waited to
go across.

Kachunk, kachunk, kachunk went by an auto;
Clopperty, clopperty, clopperty went by a horse,
Thunk-a-ta, thunk-a-ta, bang, bang went by a truck.

He waited another minute.

Kachunk, kachunk, kachunk went by an auto;
Clopperty, clopperty, clopperty went by a horse;
Thunk-a-ta, thunk-a-ta, bang, bang went by a truck.

He stood there a long time watching the stream of autos and horses and
trucks go by. And he thought; "I'll never get home if I have to go as
slowly as this.

"Dear me! dear me!
What shall I do?
The're so many things
I'll never get through!"

And for all he was so smart he was a very little boy and he began to cry
for his legs were tired and he was a little frightened, too.

Just then what do you suppose he saw? Down the street way up in the air
on a kind of trestle, he saw a train of cars tearing by. "That's just
what I want! That train doesn't have to stop for autos and horses and
things!" thought Boris and he ran down the street. When he got to the
high trestle, there was a long flight of stairs. Up the steps went
Boris. At the top he found another funny little room with a window in it
and a man looking out. This time he knew just what to do. He stood on
tiptoe and gave the man 5 cents and the man handed him a little red
piece of paper. Boris took it, walked through a little gate, stood on
tiptoe and dropped the ticket into another funny little box and another
man moved the handle up and down and his ticket dropped down. And what
do you suppose he saw from the platform? Tracks again! Tracks stretching
out in both directions. He didn't have to wait on the platform long
before he heard the train coming. It seemed to say:

"I'm the elevated train, I'm the elevated train, I'm the elevated,
elevated, elevated train!" It stopped right in front of Boris and Boris
got into the front car