 Post 1/4 Horses Forever! l l Writer for Life l Yearbook alumnus
Right, hat and gloves securely on, shoes tied - Harvey triple-checked that, fully aware that it would be just in luck to miss such a small detail and fall flat on his face within seconds - he was ready to go.
Other students were already running ahead. Knowing that he wouldn't really be able to catchup, but trying to anyway, he started running through the snow. Only it was more like wading. and making ungainly leaps instead of steps to try to get ahead.
Oh, Merlin, if his sisters could see this they would never stop teasing him. He sure hoped everyone else would be too preoccupied with their own progress to notice his.
There was a mountain of snowballs ahead, which looked mildly terrifying as Harvey envisaged it toppling all over them. But not, surely they would be safe. Trying to push such thoughts out of his mind, he began to climb. And climb. And climb.
And then... climb some more.
Until finally - yes - he was was at the top!
And facing a yeti hole. Oh dear.
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