2. When the Logan children are walking to school and a bus approaches, most of them climb the steep dirt bank on the side of the road. Why does Little Man refuse to do so? Chapter 1, Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry He thinks the bank is too steep and is afraid he will fall. He doesn’t want to get his clothes and shoes dirty. He never listens to Cassie and likes to make his own rules. He wants to be able to see the bus as it drives by.