Sentence:  She thought she must have been mistaken at first, for none of the scarecrows in Kansas ever wink; but presently the figure nodded its head to her in a friendly way. Then she <WSD>climbed</WSD> down from the fence and walked up to it, while Toto ran around the pole and barked. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.