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(he,  the,  grow,  high,  until,  one,  fail,  loud,  speech,  when)

Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest. On May 29, 1953 he climbed and measured 1.__________ highest mountain then known to man—29,000 feet straight up. He was spoken 2.__________ of for his efforts when he came back. He even made advertisements for big companies. However, 3.__________ we read his book, High Adventure, we don't understand that Hillary had to grow into this success.

You see, in 1952 he tried to climb Mount Everest, but4.__________. A few weeks later a group in England asked him to give a 5.__________ to its members. Hillary was given a warm welcome6.__________ walking on stage. People there thought him as a hero, but Edmund Hillary saw 7.__________ as a failure. He moved away from the microphone and walked to the side of the stage.

He lifted one hand and pointed at a picture of the mountain. He said in a8.__________voice, “Mount Everest, you beat me the 9.__________ time, but I’ll beat you the next time because you’ve 10.__________all you are going to grow, but I'm still growing!”