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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. 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
f 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?" Aunt Amy muttered something about landslides, which were firmly fixed in her mind 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. IRCLE 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 AUNT AMY MUTTERED SOMETHING ABOUT LANDSLIDES WHICH WERE FIRMLY FIXED IN HER MIND 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
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