Dorothy opened the freight car door a little.
A cool, dry breeze blew through the stagnant cabin, and Dorothy felt revived. She took a deep breath.
"It's cold," said Goat Boy Giles.
"Well, it's high altitude."
On the right side of the Argo They could see a high mountain with its peak covered with snow.
"What mountain?"
"I think it's Pikes Peak."
"Yeah," Giles answered, and continued to look at the mountain in silence. He was unusually speechless. Dorothy at first thought it was because the air was thin.
"Ahh," Giles let out a long sigh.
"Does it resemble the mountains of your hometown?" asked Dorothy.
Giles simply replied yes.
"Mount Parnassus, right?"
Giles said with a surprised face. "How do you know?"
"It's famous here too," Dorothy answered cheerfully. Mount Parnassus is the origin of Montparnasse in France, and was also the name of the mansion where the youngest sister Amy and Laurie lived in "Little Women's Tale".
"Have you ever climbed Mount Parnassus?" asked Dorothy.
"No. No. It's too high to climb."
"I see," said Dorothy, pointing to Pikes Peak, "but you can climb that mountain."
"I can't."
"It's not impossible. We can go to the top by train. We didn't pass this time, but let's climb together someday."
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The Argo Goes West
Ciencia FicciónIn 1900, creatures from Greek myth began to invade America, where the frontier line had disappeared. Theodore Roosevelt builds the Argo, a battle train and heads to the west where monsters await!
