why questions · Ages 3-5

Why Do Wheels Make the Heavy Cart Move?

Wheels roll instead of scrape, so they help a heavy cart move with less pushing.

The whole story

1. On a bright morning, Mina pushed her heavy cart toward the garden.

2. The cart carried three pumpkins and two full sacks of soil.

3. But its flat wooden bottom scraped the ground and stopped beside the gate.

4. Mina pulled the handle, while her red boots pressed firmly into the dirt.

5. She needed a tool, so she searched beside the old garden shed.

6. Mina found two round wheels and a strong wooden axle under the workbench.

7. She slid the axle underneath and tapped it gently with her mallet.

8. Mina fitted one wheel on each end and tightened the wooden pegs.

9. She pushed the handle once, and the heavy cart rolled toward the garden.

10. Wheels roll instead of scrape, so they help a heavy cart move with less pushing.

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