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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. 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
 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. It still rose above his head, seeming as far distant as ever. But he did not care now. It had been a glorious climb, and the distance he had already covered was a considerable one. He looked back. The town looked like a model of a town, with little toy houses and different-colored roofs among the trees that made a darker patch on the pattern of the valley floor. The mountains on the other side of the valley seemed like blue clouds stretching out over the edge of the world. Even the peak could not 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. LD 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 IT STILL ROSE ABOVE HIS HEAD SEEMING AS FAR DISTANT AS EVER BUT HE DID NOT CARE NOW IT HAD BEEN A GLORIOUS CLIMB AND THE DISTANCE HE HAD ALREADY COVERED WAS A CONSIDERABLE ONE HE LOOKED BACK THE TOWN LOOKED LIKE A MODEL OF A TOWN WITH LITTLE TOY HOUSES AND DIFFERENT COLORED ROOFS AMONG THE TREES THAT MADE A DARKER PATCH ON THE PATTERN OF THE VALLEY FLOOR THE MOUNTAINS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VALLEY SEEMED LIKE BLUE CLOUDS STRETCHING OUT OVER THE EDGE OF THE WORLD EVEN 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
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