| In the mountains |
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| Dad's favourite walk |
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| My dad used to live in Switzerland and he worked as a mountain guide. |
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| This summer Dad wanted to visit Switzerland again. |
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| In July I travelled to the mountains with Mum, Dad and my twin brother Fred. |
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| We stayed in a hotel in a little village and we had a great time. |
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| One day Dad took us on his favourite walk. |
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| First, we followed a narrow path through a meadow. |
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| There were lots of flowers and there were goats with bells round their necks. |
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| They tinkled when the goats moved. |
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| After that, the path went through a forest. It was shady and quiet. |
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| It reminded me of Red Riding Hood but I didn't see a wolf! |
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| After the forest, the path climbed steeply towards the mountain peaks. |
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| It led between huge rocks and then the walk became a real adventure. |
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| Dad had some surprises for us. |
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| We walked into a deep, narrow ravine. |
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| We could hear the river splashing over the rocks at the bottom. |
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| While we were walking, we heard a distant roar. |
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| Gradually, it got louder. |
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| We walked round a massive boulder and there was the most amazing sight. |
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| Water was falling straight down the mountain and crashing onto the rocks below us. |
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| The sound was incredible. |
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| A waterfall really does roar. It sounded like an angry beast. |
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| We couldn't hear each other at all. |
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| Dad beckoned to us and we followed him. |
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| The path led behind the waterfall. It was amazing. |
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| On the left of the path was the mountainside and on the right was falling water. |
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| I thought it was fantastic but it was a bit scary, too. |
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| It was quite dark and very noisy. |
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| The path came out from behind the waterfall but round the corner it stopped at the edge of a high cliff. |
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| There was a short wooden bridge with rope at the sides and it was swinging in the breeze. |
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| It looked terrifying but Dad knew it was safe. |
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| Anyway, it was the only way to cross the ravine. |
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| The bridge swung even more when we walked on it. |
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| We walked slowly to keep steady. |
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| Fred and I thought it was fun but Dad had to help Mum. |
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| She is frightened of high places. She walked with her eyes shut! |
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| We sat on the rocks and ate our lunch. Then we set off again. |
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| We climbed higher and higher. |
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| After an hour our legs were aching but at last we came to the best place on the whole mountain. |
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| It was a huge glacier and it looked like a frozen river of ice. |
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| There were lots of other people there too. There was a cave in the ice. |
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| There were rooms in the cave and ice furniture. |
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| Fred sat on the ice chair and played the ice piano. It was funny! |
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| The last surprise of all was a ride down to the hotel on the little mountain train. |
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| We were exhausted but it was a brilliant walk. |
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