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Aunt Amy muttered something about landslides, which were firmly fixed in her mind as the fate of people who climbed mountains. AUNT AMY MUTTERED SOMETHING ABOUT LANDSLIDES WHICH WERE FIRMLY FIXED IN HER MIND AS THE FATE OF PEOPLE WHO CLIMBED MOUNTAINS
 sink. Somehow, in all the rush and confusion, the afternoon had disappeared. Already the evening sun was throwing shadows across the side of the mountain and touching its peak with a ruddy blaze. It was too late now. He would have to wait until morning before he could climb. As he gazed up miserably at the glowing summit, he thought he saw a tiny speck soar out from it in a brief circle. Was it a bird of some sort, or just one of those dots that swim before your eyes when you stare too long at the sky? It almost seemed like the mountain waving its hand, as if to say that it was quite all right for him to wait until morning. He felt better then, and returned more cheerfully to the moving. It was long after dark before the moving van drove away. Beckie crooned happily over her bottle, and the rest of them gathered in the kitchen for a late supper of sandwiches and canned soup. But David could not eat until he had found the courage to ask one question: "May I climb the mountain tomorrow? PELL HE FELT HIS HEART SINK SOMEHOW IN ALL THE RUSH AND CONFUSION THE AFTERNOON HAD DISAPPEARED ALREADY THE EVENING SUN WAS THROWING SHADOWS ACROSS THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN AND TOUCHING ITS PEAK WITH A ROOTY BLAZE IT WAS TOO LATE NOW HE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MORNING BEFORE HE COULD CLIMB AS HE GAZED UP MISERABLY AT THE GLOWING SUMMIT HE THOUGHT HE SAW A TINY SPECK SOAR OUT FROM IT IN A BRIEF CIRCLE WAS IT A BIRD OF SOME SORT OR JUST ONE OF THOSE DOTS THAT SWIM BEFORE YOUR EYES WHEN YOU STARE TOO LONG AT THE SKY IT ALMOST SEEMED LIKE THE MOUNTAIN WAVING ITS HAND AS IF TO SAY THAT IT WAS QUITE ALL RIGHT FOR HIM TO WAIT UNTIL MORNING HE FELT BETTER THEN AND RETURNED MORE CHEERFULLY TO THE MOVING IT WAS LONG AFTER DARK BEFORE THE MOVING VAN DROVE AWAY BECKY CROONED HAPPILY OVER HER BOTTLE AND THE REST OF THEM GATHERED IN THE KITCHEN FOR A LATE SUPPER OF SANDWICHES AND CANNED SOUP BUT DAVID COULD NOT EAT UNTIL HE HAD FOUND THE COURAGE TO ASK ONE QUESTION MAY I CLIMB THE MOUNTAIN TOMORROW
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