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makes it more fun because then you have someone to talk about it with. Today's story is a request

from Grayson. Grayson is four years old and lives in Indiana in the United States. Grayson asked for a story about the moon, snowballs, and wall climbing.

We want to say thank you, Grayson, for this awesome story idea,

and we hope that you enjoy the story.

Once upon a time, a long time ago,

there was a big boy named Grayson, who was always climbing.

There was nothing Grayson wouldn't climb, playgrounds, hills, trees.

One time he even climbed up the hallway in his own house by bracing each hand and foot against the opposite wall and pushing himself up.

He got in a little trouble for that one, though, because he left hand in footprints all the way up to the ceiling.

But even despite that mess and the occasional scrapes he got himself into,

Grayson's mom Zoe was proud of his climbing and called him her little mountain goat. As soon as Grayson was old enough, Zoe signed him up for a membership

at their local climbing gym. It was a big, tall room where the walls were completely covered with

various different climbing holds. Up by the ceiling,

there were pulleys attached to ropes. Climers would wear harnesses and clip themselves into those

ropes, and in this way they could climb high up onto the wall and take a risk to try to find a

difficult route, knowing that if they fell, they would

be caught by the rope. Grayson's mom always said that the way we learn and grow is by taking risks,

but that it's important to do it in a safe way. Grayson loved going to the climbing gym,

and after joining, they went at least twice every week.

Every week that was, until the big storm hit Indiana.

Before the big storm, the record for snowfall in Indiana was 47 inches, which is about as tall as a seven-year-old.

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