Mildred s incident of taking shortcuts at fern quarry -story of my life
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Helen along with her family and Miss Sullivan often accompanied to Fern Quarry for leisure and relaxation. There on mornings she and Miss Sullivan would ramble in woods collecting flowers, nuts, etc. They loved their walks through the thick woods, climbing wooded mountain slopes. Not very far from Fern Quarry was trestle across a deep gorge. It was very risky to walk over it.
One day, while rambling in the woods, Miss Sullivan, Helen, and Mildred lost their way to home. It was growing dark; then Mildred’s eyes found the trestle. It was a shortcut to their home. So, in spite of themselves, they decided to walk over it to reach home.
So, they began walking on it very carefully and cautiously. They had hardly covered a few meters when the train came puffing. They saved their lives by climbing down the cross braces. Helen felt the hot smoke of the engine as she stood below the railway lines on the trestle. All of them were covered with smoke and ashes. They even felt the trestle shake until the train had crossed it.