Little boy plane Pedro (3)

Little boy plane Pedro (3)

Pedro took a deep breath and clear a stone wall at the end of runwayーthat is, he almost cleared it.
A few small stones clattered to the ground as he zoomed over. 

" Don't lose your flying speed ! " he heard his father shout from the ground.

And up into the air flew Pedro.
The radio tower ducked as he swept past ; the school bell clanged as he flew right through the tower ; but Pedro kept on !

He had a hard time of it, struggling for altitude.
After all, this was his first big chance to carry the mail just as his father did.  

Soon Pedro was in the mountains.Looking right and left, he kept a careful distance between himself and the mountain peaks.

But suddenlyーoh-h-h-h-h-h !

Down fell Pedro, slipping between the jagged peaks at such terrific speed that his muffler and cap ripped loose and floated down behind him.

Pedro was caught in a dreaded down draft !

He fought against the downward pull with all his strength.
At last he managed to push his nose up and pull out. For the moment he was safe again !

Pedro kept on flying.
Now, Pedro was heading into the range of snowy peaks.

He was doing all right !
In fact Pedro felt on top of the world whenーsuddenly he shuddered in every cylinder.

He stared ahead open-mouthed, then dashed behind a cloud. From this hiding-place he popped his head out for another look.

Sure enough, he was face to face with that towering monarch of the Andes, Aconcagua !

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