Brave Hearts

Author(s): Kumarpal Desai
Publisher: Eye Care Foundation

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Loss of Sight, A Lot of Insight
Once upon a time seven young men had a dream dream that would possibly never come true. All the seven men were twenty years old and very handsome. All of them were very courageous at heart. They decided to do something which no one else till then had the courage to do. Then alone would they get fame and bring glory to their youthful existence. They thought they should climb a mountain and reach its top. They knew that many people had climbed smaller mountains. An expert mountaineer could easily reach the tops of such small mountains. These seven men had no interest in such small adventures. They wanted to undertake something more significant in terms of courage and virility. They had the craving to accept a greater challenge in which they can face more and more difficulties and enjoy the dangers involved in it.
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These seven men told to themselves that if at all they had to climb a mountain, then why not climb the highest mountain in the African continent, namely, Mount Kilimanjaro? It is so high that people nicknamed it as the 'seat of God.' After-all the seat of God is bound to be very high - beyond the reach of ordinary mortals. Being so, everyone used to worship it with great awe and devotion.
The height of this mountain is 19,340 feet and its peak is always covered with snow all throughout the year. The
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