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magnificent fire." Everyone clapped loudly and laughed heartily

as they moved back a little to let us into the circle. Teddy
started another song.

The next morning we were all up bright and early as is
the custom in youth hostels. Each person was assigned a chore
to take about half an hour. Teddy finished his wood chopping
in about half the time and was scouting here and there for a
ride to most anywhere. He had come to see Scotland and
would walk if he couldn't get a ride. At nine o+clook that
warm spring morning, we left Invernessls Mr. MacPherson
and a waving group of people from all over the world. The
small European car was quite full with Dr. Benson, Wendy,
my sister, Teddy with a bedroll, which looked like it had been
through the Hundred Years War, and myself.

Our first indication that Teddy had illusions of grandeur

came wh en he casually mentioned that the moors looked like
the grounds to his castle in Western Germany. We all laughed

and didn Itthink any more about it. It actually could have been

true, as people of means in Europe do hostel and camp, but
surely not Teddy.

The day was a wonderful one. Our destination was
John OIGroatls at the very northern tip of Scotland. The
road up the coast wound between the deep purple moors and
Pure green sea trimmed in white. When we finally arrived
at John OIGroatls in the late afternoon, a cold wind came off
the sea chilling us all the way through. This didn't stop us
for a minute. We were all determined to venture to the very
northern-most point. There was a concrete jetty where most
visitors seemed to feel sure they were as far north as possible,
but this just wouldn't do for us. A small white lighthouse stood
on a cliff not far away in a fenced-in area. We voted at
Wendyls request and all agreed that it was surely a wee bit
farther north. Teddy hurried ahead as we proceeded to the
northern most point in Scotland, according to unanimous vote
of the deter~ined five. Teddy jumped the fence with ease,
and lifted us Over one by one. There was nothing soft or
weak about Teddy. We locked arms to combat the strong
wind as we headed for the cliff. Apprehensively we peeked
over Our shoulders at the lighthouse as we came nearer and
nearer to the place we knew was farthest north. The wind
on the edge of the cliff was so strong that we had to lie down

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