He laid out the cardboard cut-out on top of the newspaper and carefully opened the black paint. Then he painted the wheels black. Then he used the red paint to cover the rest of the fire engine's body. Unfortunately, he then had to wait quite a while until all the paint dried.
Eventually, he was able to pick up the cut-out without getting red or black paint all over his paws! Then there was a lot of folding to do, to make the cut-out turn into the shape of a fire engine - there was a lot of huffing and puffing, and a few sighs, before the model was finally made.
