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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. 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
Dad said, "I don't see why not, do you?" and looked to Mother for agreement. Mother said, "Well ... be very careful," in a doubtful tone, and that was that. * * * * * You never know what you 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. D AS THE FATE OF PEOPLE WHO CLIMBED MOUNTAINS BUT DAD SAID I DON'T SEE WHY NOT DO YOU AND LOOKED TO MOTHER FOR AGREEMENT MOTHER SAID WELL BE VERY CAREFUL IN A DOUBTFUL TONE AND THAT WAS THAT YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU 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
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