and the boss was right , as usual . '' `` i 'm not sure i can take that chance . '' you look very pretty this morning . next , i felt resistance as the boards that crossed the mine 's entrance gave way beneath my weight . his back and chest pushed at the materials causing a dense scraping to hum in the air . `` he was a great military commander , the first person to unite the world . there it rose up on its screaming back wheel and slowly crashed backwards on top of its dead rider . 