I mowed the lawn today for the very first time. And I have to say I love it. We have a cranky lawn mower that you have to jolt into action. You pull this funky lever ten or twenty times and BOOM! You're in business. Only sometimes, after six or seven tugs, it's suspects that I'm trying to rev it up and it rebels. I get into such a pattern, about two or three seconds in between each attempt, that it quickly catches on. I have a feeling that, if the lawnmower were a cat, it would be clenching it's teeth together and maybe it's ears would be flat and unattractive and fierce. And maybe if it were a dog, it would have set it's buttocks on the ground and shifted all it's weight in such a way that it's impossible to budge. Sometimes I have to sneak up on it; like, I'll do nothing at all for four or five seconds, like make it think that I've forgotton all about trying to start the lawn mower today. And then, BAM! I'm at it with all my strength and it never knew what hit it.

Except for that it's hard to sneak up on a lawn mower. And this being my first time, I didn't know the little tricks that veteran mowers learn from experience. Like, it's better to start on a flat surface. Which, I guess, get's the lawn mower in a good mood or something. And also, it better have gas in it because if there isn't then the mower isn't even inclined to start. Little things like this should be looked into when trying to start a lawn mower.