The woman sat smoking, her feet propped on the top rung of a small ladder.

Except for the high windows which would require a small ladder to reach, that door was the only exit.

She came to a small ladder, and climbed up.

In their bedroom the bed is so high that they need small ladders on either side to climb up.

Their guide came to a small ladder, which he ascended.

Its steep eaves I could reach with a small ladder.

He held what looked like a small ladder in his hand.

Several small ladders perform much the same function in a vertical way.

Joe came down the small ladder onto the platform.

She had a great deal of folded black cloth with her, and a small ladder.