Climb The Highest Mountain (2015) - Plot & Excerpts
Jeremy sat nearby, studying a painted wooden train he’d taken down from the mantel on which a number of scale-model trains were perched, some of wood, some of pewter, some of brass—all intricately designed and suitable for Sir Tynes’s fascinating collection, a “frivolous but fun” hobby, as he put it. “That one was hand-carved in New York,” Tynes was telling Jeremy. “Really?” The boy took note of the colorful designs painted on the sides of the woodbox. “I’ve never seen a train. Are they big?” Sir Tynes smiled. “Oh, quite big and quite noisy. See that gadget on the front of the engine?” Jeremy touched the slanted grate. “What is it?” “That is called a cowcatcher.” The boy frowned. “What’s a cowcatcher?” “Well, my boy, a cowcatcher is exactly what it says it is. It catches and deflects any cattle or other animals that get on the track, knocks them off so they cannot be caught under the wheels and cause a derailment.”
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