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It was waiting for him. "Come and climb," it whispered, "come and climb." But there was a great deal to do first. They were going to move into the new house. IT WAS WAITING FOR HIM COME AND CLIMB IT WHISPERED COME AND CLIMB BUT THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL TO DO FIRST THEY WERE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE NEW HOUSE
nfinitely more grand. It swept upward from the valley floor, beautifully shaped and soaring, so tall that its misty blue peak could surely talk face to face with the stars. To David, who had never seen a mountain before, the sight was almost too much to bear. He felt so tight and shivery inside that he didn't know whether he wanted to laugh, or cry, or both. And the really wonderful thing about the mountain was the way it _looked_ at him. He was certain that it was smiling at him, like an old friend who had been waiting for years to see him again. And when he closed his eyes, he seemed to hear a voice which whispered, "Come along, then, and climb." It would be so easy to go! The back yard was hedged in (with part of the hedge growing right across the toes of the mountain), but there was a hole in the privet large enough to crawl through. And just beyond the hedge the mountainside awaited him, going up and up in one smooth sweep until the green and tawny faded into hazy heights of rock. S DAD HAD DESCRIBED IT BUT INFINITELY MORE GRAND IT SWEPT UPWARD FROM THE VALLEY FLOOR BEAUTIFULLY SHAPED AND SOARING SO TALL THAT ITS MISTY BLUE PEAK COULD SURELY TALK FACE TO FACE WITH THE STARS TO DAVID WHO HAD NEVER SEEN A MOUNTAIN BEFORE THE SIGHT WAS ALMOST TOO MUCH TO BEAR HE FELT SO TIGHT AND SHIVERY INSIDE THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER HE WANTED TO LAUGH OR CRY OR BOTH AND THE REALLY WONDERFUL THING ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN WAS THE WAY IT LOOKED AT HIM HE WAS CERTAIN THAT IT WAS SMILING AT HIM LIKE AN OLD FRIEND WHO HAD BEEN WAITING FOR YEARS TO SEE HIM AGAIN AND WHEN HE CLOSED HIS EYES HE SEEMED TO HEAR A VOICE WHICH WHISPERED COME ALONG THEN AND CLIMB IT WOULD BE SO EASY TO GO THE BACK YARD WAS HEDGED IN WITH PART OF THE HEDGE GROWING RIGHT ACROSS THE TOES OF THE MOUNTAIN BUT THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE PRIVET LARGE ENOUGH TO CRAWL THROUGH AND JUST BEYOND THE HEDGE THE MOUNTAIN SIDE AWAITED HIM GOING UP AND UP IN ONE SMOOTH SWEEP UNTIL THE GREEN AND TAWNY FADED INTO HAZY HEIGHTS OF ROCK
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