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It still rose above his head, seeming as far distant as ever. But he did not care now. It had been a glorious climb, and the distance he had already covered was a considerable one. He looked back. IT STILL ROSE ABOVE HIS HEAD SEEMING AS FAR DISTANT AS EVER BUT HE DID NOT CARE NOW IT HAD BEEN A GLORIOUS CLIMB AND THE DISTANCE HE HAD ALREADY COVERED WAS A CONSIDERABLE ONE HE LOOKED BACK
ountain, even if you have climbed them before--which, of course, David never had. Looking up from the foot of the mountain, he had thought that it was a smooth slope from bottom to top. But he was discovering as he climbed that it was not smooth at all, but very much broken up. There were terraces, ledges, knolls, ravines, and embankments, one after another. The exciting part of it was that each feature concealed the ones above it. At the top of a rise would be an outcropping of strangely colored rock, invisible from below. Beyond the outcropping, a small stand of aspens would quiver in the breeze, their quicksilver leaves hiding a tiny meadow on the slope behind. And when the meadow had been discovered, there would be a something else beyond. He was a real explorer now. When he got to the top, he thought, he would build a little tower of stones, the way explorers always do. But at the end of two hours' steady climbing, he was ready to admit that he would never reach the peak that day. OU WILL FIND WHEN YOU CLIMB A MOUNTAIN EVEN IF YOU HAVE CLIMBED THEM BEFORE WHICH OF COURSE DAVID NEVER HAD LOOKING UP FROM THE FOOT OF THE MOUNTAIN HE HAD THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A SMOOTH SLOPE FROM BOTTOM TO TOP BUT HE WAS DISCOVERING AS HE CLIMBED THAT IT WAS NOT SMOOTH AT ALL BUT VERY MUCH BROKEN UP THERE WERE TERRACES LEDGES KNOLLS RAVINES AND EMBANKMENTS ONE AFTER ANOTHER THE EXCITING PART OF IT WAS THAT EACH FEATURE CONCEALED THE ONES ABOVE IT AT THE TOP OF A RISE WOULD BE AN OUTCROPPING OF STRANGELY COLORED ROCK INVISIBLE FROM BELOW BEYOND THE OUTCROPPING A SMALL STAND OF ASPENS WOULD QUIVER IN THE BREEZE THEIR QUICKSILVER LEAVES HIDING A TINY MEADOW ON THE SLOPE BEHIND AND WHEN THE MEADOW HAD BEEN DISCOVERED THERE WOULD BE A SOMETHING ELSE BEYOND HE WAS A REAL EXPLORER NOW WHEN HE GOT TO THE TOP HE THOUGHT HE WOULD BUILD A LITTLE TOWER OF STONES THE WAY EXPLORERS ALWAYS DO BUT AT THE END OF TWO HOURS STEADY CLIMBING HE WAS READY TO ADMIT THAT HE WOULD NEVER REACH THE PEAK THAT DAY
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