Chapter 6 Keep Low!
Chapter 6 Keep Low!
The wagon jerked and swayed as it bumped over the dry ground.
Jack felt as though he were frying in the hot sunlight.
Dust from the road filled his throat and eyes.
The boom of cannons grew louder and louder.
Jack heard popping sounds, too, like the noise of firecrackers.
"What's that popping noise?" he shouted, blinded by the dust and sunlight.
"Musket fire!" said Clara.
Jack remembered that muskets were long, old-fashioned guns.
"What are t
