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He rolled over on his back and cushioned his head in his hands. The sky seemed to be slipping along overhead like a broad blue river. The breeze ruffled his hair and whispered, the bushes murmured and gossiped to each other. HE ROLLED OVER ON HIS BACK AND CUSHIONED HIS HEAD IN HIS HANDS THE SKY SEEMED TO BE SLIPPING ALONG OVERHEAD LIKE A BROAD BLUE RIVER THE BREEZE RUFFLED HIS HAIR AND WHISPERED THE BUSHES MURMURED AND GOSSIPED TO EACH OTHER
me. To scale the rock face itself was impossible, however: there were no hand or foot holds. So he turned and made his way through the grass until he reached the end of the bare stone. Then he started upward again. It was hard work. Vines clutched at his feet, and the close-set bushes seemed unwilling to let him pass. He had one nasty slip, which might have been his last if he had not grabbed a tough clump of weeds at the crucial instant. But, oh! it was worth it. He felt like shouting when at last he reached the ledge. Truly it was an enchanted place! It was a long, level strip of ground, several yards wide, carpeted with short grass and dandelions. Bushes grew along most of the outer edge. The inner edge was bounded by a second scarp--a wall of red stone with sparkling points of light imbedded in its smooth surface. David threw himself on the grass and rolled in it. It was warm and soft and sweet-smelling; it soothed away the hurt of his aching muscles and the sting of his scratches. O IT BEFORE HE RETURNED HOME TO SCALE THE ROCK FACE ITSELF WAS IMPOSSIBLE HOWEVER THERE WERE NO HAND OR FOOT HOLDS SO HE TURNED AND MADE HIS WAY THROUGH THE GRASS UNTIL HE REACHED THE END OF THE BARE STONE THEN HE STARTED UPWARD AGAIN IT WAS HARD WORK VINES CLUTCHED AT HIS FEET AND THE CLOSE SET BUSHES SEEMED UNWILLING TO LET HIM PASS HE HAD ONE NASTY SLIP WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN HIS LAST IF HE HAD NOT GRABBED A TOUGH CLUMP OF WEEDS AT THE CRUCIAL INSTANT BUT OH IT WAS WORTH IT HE FELT LIKE SHOUTING WHEN AT LAST HE REACHED THE LEDGE TRULY IT WAS AN ENCHANTED PLACE IT WAS A LONG LEVEL STRIP OF GROUND SEVERAL YARDS WIDE CARPETED WITH SHORT GRASS AND DANDELIONS BUSHES GREW ALONG MOST OF THE OUTER EDGE THE INNER EDGE WAS BOUNDED BY A SECOND SCARP A WALL OF RED STONE WITH SPARKLING POINTS OF LIGHT IMBEDDED IN ITS SMOOTH SURFACE DAVID THREW HIMSELF ON THE GRASS AND ROLLED IN IT IT WAS WARM AND SOFT AND SWEET SMELLING IT SOOTHED AWAY THE HURT OF HIS ACHING MUSCLES AND THE STING OF HIS SCRATCHES
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