the preacher curses and tries to free my entangling feet by tuggin ' at me ever the harder , but it do n't do him no good , so he throws me down and when he lets me go i try to slither headfirst back down the stairs , but he comes after me , and this time he picks me up with one arm under my knees and the other under my back like you 'd carry a child , with my feet toward the wall .