Rudi Matt lived in a small village in the Swiss Alps in 1865. What he wanted most in the world was to climb
1 highest peak (山峰) in the Alps.
2 mother and his uncle, Franz, a mountain guide, wanted him to stop
3 and start working in a hotel. Rudi would not
4 his dream and secretly got in touch with an English mountain climber
5was planning to climb the highest peak.
Franz was very angry when he found out
6 Rudi had done, but he finally agreed to let Rudi go if he went climbing, too. Franz also didn't want to see Emil Saxo, a guide from another village, got to the top
7 him.
Rudi turned out to be a very good climber,
8 as they got close to the top, the Englishman got sick and couldn't go on farther. Franz
9 behind to take care of him, but Saxo continued, wishing to be the
10 to the top. Rudi went after Saxo, hoping to
11 him to the top. When they met, Saxo fought with Rudi and fell down by accident. Saxo was
12 and hurt. Rudi must decide whether to carry Saxo back down to safety or to continue alone to the top.
He thought Saxo's life was more
13 than his dream and helped him down. During that time, the Englishman and Franz continued the climb, and finally
14reached the top. Later, the villagers
15 knew Rudi was the real conqueror (征服者) of the mountain.