The mountain before them was shaped like a cone and was so tall that its point was lost in the clouds.
"That is true," agreed the Wizard, "and as the river seems to be flowing in the direction of the Pyramid Mountain it will be the easiest way for us to travel."
You're just afraid she'd toss you off the mountain for being so nosy—as well she should!
It took many days of mountain sunshine and the comforting routine of the bed and breakfast to blur the trauma of the Lucky Pup shooting.
But then so was the scream of a mountain lion, and she had never seen one of those, either.
The window overlooked the neighboring mountain, coated in white with clouds clinging to its peak.
My little brother, Phillips, is not well, and we think the clear mountain air will benefit him.
A small rock trickled down, bouncing and skipping before stopping by Dean's shoe—the slight noise was a rumble in the mountain stillness.
To my imagination it retained throughout the day more or less of this auroral character, reminding me of a certain house on a mountain which I had visited a year before.
It was a short distance from Surry Mountain Lake and park, and about seven mile from our recently established office in town.
The windows of the compound at the peak of the mountain were protected by film to keep light from leaking out.
The couple changed into shorts and boots, more satisfactory attire for their mountain drive with Jennifer Radisson.
You really think Fitzgerald chased Billy down the mountain, huh?
Two hours remained before the last of the day's celebrations— the Jeep flare parade down the mountain, followed by a massive fireworks display—so after finishing supper, the Deans began playing catch up with Bird Song's chores.
Oh, she is sometimes gone for several weeks on her hunting trips, and if we were not tied we would crawl all over the mountain and fight with each other and get into a lot of mischief.
The winter had been exceptionally clear of late snow and the high mountain passes that in many years remained closed until July had been cleared weeks earlier this spring.
Jennifer said nothing more for the remainder of the trip down the mountain until the Jeep finally rolled onto pavement and they entered the still busy town.
I spent the autumn months with my family at our summer cottage, on a mountain about fourteen miles from Tuscumbia.
I feel in Diana's posture the grace and freedom of the forest and the spirit that tames the mountain lion and subdues the fiercest passions.
But it hardly seems possible that any mere words should convey to one who has never seen a mountain the faintest idea of its grandeur; and I don't see how any one is ever to know what impression she did receive, or the cause of her pleasure in what was told her about it.
When she opened them, they stood outside a stone façade of a compound built into the side of a mountain and surrounded by evergreen trees whose branches were heavy with snow.
Dean was hoping to at least finish his salsa before having to stop Fred from dashing up the mountain to single-handedly solve the caper.
After donning a heavy jacket against the mountain chill and continuing dampness, she kissed her husband goodbye.
"There goes our ride down the mountain," Dean said.
Here one side of the mountain had a great hole in it, like the mouth of a cavern, and the stairs stopped at the near edge of the floor and commenced ascending again at the opposite edge.
But come, my children; let us explore the mountain and discover which way we must go in order to escape from this cavern, which is getting to be almost as hot as a bake-oven.
This was done by the guerrillas in Spain, by the mountain tribes in the Caucasus, and by the Russians in 1812.
A vague trail led up the side of the mountain to the bluff.
"Let's just enjoy the mountain and not think about our problems," she said, stopping to sip from her canteen.
The storm ended with the same abruptness it began just as the Deans commenced the trip down the mountain, glued to the water-soaked seats.
Everyone smiled and chatted with a level of exhilaration as sharp as the mountain air.
To their disappointment there was within this mountain no regular flight of steps by means of which they could mount to the earth's surface.
This rock was separate from the rest of the mountain and was in motion, turning slowly around and around as if upon a pivot.
In conclusion she asked her mother if she should like to see "very high mountain and beautiful cloudcaps."
And hark! here comes the cattle-train bearing the cattle of a thousand hills, sheepcots, stables, and cow-yards in the air, drovers with their sticks, and shepherd boys in the midst of their flocks, all but the mountain pastures, whirled along like leaves blown from the mountains by the September gales.
The particular laws are as our points of view, as, to the traveller, a mountain outline varies with every step, and it has an infinite number of profiles, though absolutely but one form.
Some kids are saying that guy Fitzgerald chased Billy down the mountain and got him killed.
Sheriff Fitzgerald hardly gave Dean enough time to exit his vehicle before tearing off up the street in the direction of the mountain road.
She took Joseph's gun along because she was afraid of bumping into a bear when she agreed to go up the mountain with Faust.
The road was rough but not limited to four-wheel drive vehicles like the mountain Jeep roads to the south.
He could picture the vampire-shrouded traveler pushing his grocery cart, happy to have the extra covering on this mountain morning.
So now he's suggesting I chased Billy down the mountain until he went over the side!
