Hideaway Strath Starfire

Elfie's next question was, what would Towhee do, if she truly saw something precarious above his head, but he decided that he had burdened his aunt long enough. She might get grumpy and change her mind. Even worse - consider him a weakling. He had ached for a job to do for a whole week and he did not fear risk. 

"Wish me luck," he told her, went past and measured the whole area of the rock-slide, looking for the best area to start climbing. It was steeper and more uneven than he would have wished, but 1000 mile journeys have begun on worse grounds than these. He jumped up on the nearest boulder and without looking down, made his slow and challenging progress upwards.