Could you teach me the meaning of this sentence?
The Wheelbarrow looked for new owner and found a house which new owner seemed to live in.

"The snow lay in drifts against the windows, so the Wheelbarrow took a run at one of them and managed to get high enough to look in. And there was a little boy asleep.By the stove stood a box with a string tied to it. That was all he had in the way of a wheel barrow. 'There, I thought so!' said the Wheelbarrow. 'This is the place for me.''"

This context is from a short story "Jumping Jack and his friends" in "Little Old Mrs Pepperpot"

I couldn't understand this sentence "That was all he had in the way of a wheel barrow". Could you teach me? And Why does the Wheelbarrow decide this house? Does this sentence relate with the reason?

Question

Could you teach me the meaning of this sentence?
The Wheelbarrow looked for new owner and found a house which new owner seemed to live in.

"The snow lay in drifts against the windows, so the Wheelbarrow took a run at one of them and managed to get high enough to look in. And there was a little boy asleep.By the stove stood a box with a string tied to it. That was all he had in the way of a wheel barrow. 'There, I thought so!' said the Wheelbarrow. 'This is the place for me.''"

This context is from a short story "Jumping Jack and his friends" in "Little Old Mrs Pepperpot"

I couldn't understand this sentence "That was all he had in the way of a wheel barrow". Could you teach me? And Why does the Wheelbarrow decide this house? Does this sentence relate with the reason?

Answer

The sentence means "That was the only thing he had which looked like/worked like a wheelbarrow" or "instead of a wheelbarrow, he just had a box with a string tied to it." 「手押し車のようなものは、箱に付かれた紐しかありませんでした」(sorry if my Japanese is wrong, 翻訳してみたけど、間違うかもしれません)

The wheelbarrow chose this particular house because the house didn't have a wheelbarrow, and needed one. I guess the wheelbarrow in the story wants to be used.

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