Putney Mountain: A Short Story

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The bell rang at two-forty-five grabbing his books, Justin rushed to the bike rack, getting his bike he started home when Kenny ran after him yelling, “Hey, Justin. Wait up!”
“What do you want?” Asked Justin as he waited for his friend.
“Mark and Chuck want us to go with them,” Kenny said, his voice filled with excitement.
“Sure, where’re they going?”
“They’re going to the on Putney Mountain, they want us to go with them.”
“Well, are you going? Do their parents know about it?” Justin asked reluctant to go without his parent’s permission. Kenny pleaded with him to go, knowing they would be okay.
At last he convinced Justin they would be safe. After all, he said they’d planned the drip for a long time.
“Okay, what time are they going? It’ll
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He sat down on a log and wept. “Hey, Kenny, can you hear me?” He called out several times before. “Wait a minute, I’ll wait a little longer.” Several minutes later he looked around, the only thing he could see was trees growing closely together and decided to go on up the mountainside. He leaned his bike against a tree, removed his pocket knife and played with it. When I get up there. I’m going to carve my initials in a tree to prove I was there. Going up the steep mountainside slipping and sliding Justin grabbed some bushes to keep from falling backwards. After about twenty feet, he stopped for a short rest and accessed his predicament. Man, that’s a steep hill, but I might as well go on to the top. He thought tightening the laces on his tennis shoes before going up the mountainside.
If I go on up there and prove there isn’t a ghost, I’ll be the town’s hero. He thought, and listened to the birds singing and the sounds of little critters scampering around in the leaves.
After several unsuccessful attempts to get up the steep mountainside, he discovered by holding onto the bush in front of him, he could pull himself up until he could reach the next

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