52 LUCY AMONG THE MOUNTAINS.

and then they began to climb up by a narrow
and rocky path among the trees. The path was
very steep, and it was much farther than they
had supposed. In fact, Lucy’s mother soon be-
gan to be very tired. She was not accustomed
to climb up the hills.

Presently they came to a rocky place under
some cliffs, and Lucy’s mother said that she be-
lieved that she would not go any farther.

“O mother,” said Lucy, “I want to go to the
top very much.”

“ Very well,” said her mother ; “you may go
with Comfort, if you wish to, and I will ramble
about here. If you don’t find me here when
you come down, you may conclude that I have
gone home.”

So she turned off, and began to walk along
under the -cliffs, gathering blue-bells and other
flowers that grew among the rocks. Comfort
and Lucy left her, and went on up the steep
path.

“QO, what a steep place!” said Lucy.

“This is not very steep,” said Comfort.
“There are paths up the mountains much
steeper than this.”

“Then I don’t see how you get up,” said
Lucy.