Describe ‘the fight’ between the man and the machine. Find the relevant sentences in the text and write them.

The Fight was as follows:

  1. “He caught hold of it by the front wheel and the fork, and shook it violently.”
  2. “He was sitting on the ground with the front wheel between his legs. He was playing with it, twiddling it round between his fingers.”
  3. ”He had unscrewed something somewhere, and out rolled all over the path ‘’ some dozen or so little balls,”
  4. “He had the gear case in two pieces.”,
  5. “The chain was lightened, then loosened it until it was twice as loose.”
  6. “The subsequent proceedings degenerated into little else than a rough and tumble fight between him and the machine.”

One moment the bicycle would be on the gravel path and he on top of it; the next, position would be reversed he on the gravel path, the bicycle on him.

Now, he would be standing flushed with victory, the bicycle firmly fixed between his legs. But his triumph would free itself and turning upon him, hit him sharply over the head with one of its handles. It was really the fight between the man and the machine.

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