...bell rope, and high in the belfry the bells begin to peal a welcome to the new year, even though it's still a tad early. But the real reason that he is ringing the old year out and the new year in is not some excess of enthusiasm for the change of the calendar, but because he holds onto the rope, and the bells pull him up and down -- a ride better than a swing.

"Wheeeeeeeeee!" he shouts.