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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. 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
 give him a better view than this. David gazed up the face of a scarp which rose like a cliff above him--a smooth, bare wall of rock that had halted his climb. Halfway up the scarp was a dark horizontal line of bushes, something like a hedge. Apparently there was a ledge or shelf there, and he decided to climb up to 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. VEN THE PEAK COULD NOT GIVE HIM A BETTER VIEW THAN THIS DAVID GAZED UP WITH THE FACE OF A SCARP WHICH ROSE LIKE A CLIFF ABOVE HIM A SMOOTH BARE WALL OF ROCK THAT HAD HALTED HIS CLIMB HALFWAY UP THE SCARP WAS A DARK HORIZONTAL LINE OF BUSHES SOMETHING LIKE A HEDGE APPARENTLY THERE WAS A LEDGE OR SHELF THERE AND HE DECIDED TO CLIMB UP TO 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
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