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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. 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
 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. 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. DY 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 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
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