Ultimate Terror

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The shelf on which cookies were displayed was too high for a five-year-old to reach. Marvin had to use the shelves below it as a ladder. His small hands gripped the edge of the shelf two levels below the cookies, and he raised one foot to the shelf just above the floor. Drawing himself upward, he placed his other foot alongside the first.

Scaling a vertical ladder is precarious business. The slightest lean backward, and gravity will undo you. Marvin pressed his thin chest tightly against the grocery rack as he cautiously raised one hand to the next higher shelf. When he had it firmly gripped, he raised his other hand, then groped upward for the next foothold.

The second shelf from the floor contained quart bottles of vinegar. Marvin’s toe touched a bottle. Unable to look down, he moved his foot sidewise until he found a small gap between bottles. It wasn’t quite large enough for his foot, but tentative pressure widened it a little. Encouraged, he forced his toe into the space.

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