"When the boys go up in it there won't be no holdin' 'em in." "We're going to take you up, first thing, Jack," said Tom, with a wink at his brothers.
"Me?
Not much!" cried the hired man.

"I wasn't built to fly, not me!" And he began to back away in alarm.
After dinner Captain Colby made another trial flight, and then gave the three boys a lesson in the manipulation of the biplane, showing them just how to regulate the engine while running, how to balance the machine, how to steer, and how to make various turns.
"Do you ride bicycles ?" he asked.
"We do, and have for years," answered Dick.
"And do you swim ?" "Of course," came from all of the lads.
"Then just remember how you felt when you first tried to ride a wheel and when you first tried to swim.

You got excited, didn't you?
And when you thought the wheel was going over you gave it a wild twist that did send you over, and when you thought you were going to drown you thrashed around in a way that only made matters worse.

Well, that's a lesson to remember in running a flying machine.

Don't get excited and lose your presence of mind, or it may cost you your life.