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Battle on the mountain.(Short story)
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Child Life
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May 1, 2007
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The mountain path crumbled and gave way. Nick's feet slid out from under him. He fell over the side of Mount Carter. Rocks tore at his clothes. The trees in the valley below spun like a pinwheel.
He was going to die.
Something hit him in the stomach with terrific force. Everything went black.
"Nick!" his sister, Anne, called.
No answer.
"NICK!" she called again.
"Yeah" he answered, finally.
"Are you all right?"
He tested his arms and legs. He expected to feel the crunch of broken bones. But everything moved normally. He tasted blood in his mouth from a broken tooth. He had fallen onto a narrow ledge.
"I'm OK" he called.
He inched ...