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True Story of Runner; conclusion

© Lynn Seely

If you missed last week, you will want to go to it. Last week was part one of this exciting true story, so go enjoy that then come back here to read the conclusion!

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Conclusion of 24 Hours.

"We had been making slow but steady progress," Bill said, as he stared into his now empty coffee cup, "but the weather was closing in and the visibility kept getting worse. As we continued to hike, it became more and more of an effort to move through the snow. Although I had a pair of snowshoes, Amy did not. It was not practical for only one of us to use the snowshoes."

He smiled at Amy and added, "The reason I had snowshoes with me in the first place, was that Amy had given them to me as my birthday present a few days before. She bought them just before our camping trip and had hidden them in her backpack. On the morning of my birthday after breakfast was finished, Amy went back inside the tent. She came back a minute later with a big smile on her face and handed me a present. It was even wrapped! After I opened the gift, I was surprised to discover a pair of snowshoes, the type you can run in. I had always wanted to own a pair so I could run during the winter. Amy doesn't keep surprises very well, but she sure kept this one. It would turn out to be a very important gift before this trip was over." Bill added mysteriously.

"Anyway," he continued, "we were hiking along an area that looked safe enough, but it turned out to have numerous rocky areas hidden beneath the snow. The footing was very treacherous. Suddenly, I heard Amy cry out. As I turned, I saw her plummet twenty feet down a steep hillside. She came to rest against a tree and lay still, very still." Bill reached across the table for Amy's hand before he continued his story.

"I threw off my pack," he said, "and began scrambling frantically down the hill to reach her. I yelled to her to see if she was all right, but she didn't answer me. Just as I reached her, she began to sit up and mumbled something about being clumsy. It was such a relief to see her sit up and hear her voice! I asked her if she was hurt and she said she thought she was fine. And so she was, until she started to stand up.

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