'Right!' said Captain Bill, 'right.............OK............well......right!'
'So what now?' asked Horace.
'Well,' said Captain Bill again, 'I suppose...we climb it!
So Captain Bill and Horace and Cyril stood for a while and looked at the very tall thing.
'Perhaps,' said Horace after a while, 'we could work out some sort of route? Maybe we could use your compass thingy!'
And so they all had a look at Captain Bill's compass thingy.
Which didn't help one little bit!
'Of course,' said Captain Bill,'it is a knitted compass and I think I remember reading somewhere that a crocheted compass is better on dry land.'
So they stopped looking at it.
'Well, you know,' said Captain Bill, 'I think we should just...well, sort of...get on with it. I mean the girls managed it...it can't be all that tricky can it?'
And so they set off and in a gesture intended to inspire confidence, Captain Bill let Horace go first.
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