Read the excerpt from the land. "well, who's going to be your rider? " asked the man of my daddy. my daddy looked at me. "this boy paul here." the man gave me a look-over and said, "he seems a bit mite to me." my daddy nodded, as if he hadn't considered that. "could be you're right. he sits a horse well, though." this dialogue advances the plot of the story by setting up a situation in which mr. sutcliffe sees who paul's father is. paul and mr. sutcliffe argue. mr. sutcliffe will see paul ride. paul is injured while riding.