Edun did not want to go on a hike. She especially did not want to go on a long hike in the mountains that led to a tiny cabin (小木屋) with no electricity and no running water. She wanted to stay home reading a book instead while wrapped in a warm blanket.
"Ready?" Mom asked cheerfully after breakfast. Edun looked out the window and only saw rain, lots of it. "We should go another day," Edun suggested. "Maybe a hundred years from now." She worried she would get tired on the hike. She worried about getting bored at the dark cabin. Mom said it was time to stop worrying and get into the car.
Edun's brother, Will, was waiting in the garage, who wore a camera around his neck. Will was four years older than Edun and had climbed many more mountains. He'd started hiking when he was two and loved it.
Because it was raining, Edun had to wear her rain pants, her rain hat, her rain jacket, and her waterproof boots. Her jacket had a rough material on the inside. She didn't like how it felt against her skin.
After about half an hour's drive, they parked at a trailhead (登山口). The rain had stopped but the ground was still dripping(滴下) wet. "We'll be there by afternoon!" Mom promised. The afternoon sounded far away.
Will identified a bird sitting on a nearby branch—"Fox sparrow!"—then he raced down the trail and was soon out of sight.
Edun rested under a pine tree. "You can't force me to walk," Edun said. "You're right," said her mom smilingly, standing under the tree, too, "But you will never know what may lie ahead and amaze us."
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Thinking Mom was right, Edun followed her down the trail.
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Twenty minutes later, they saw the cabin.