Middle-sized ladder used to cross the river at the bottom of Mount Fuji
What a mouthful, thought the little girl. But she knew Mount Fuji was a famous
volcano in Japan, and as she looked at the position on the board she realised that
the mass of stones on the edge must be the river running across the bottom of
the mountain, and the stones at the top must be the tip of the volcano. So she knew
she had to find a way of making a ladder draw the slopes of the volcano. This was
much better than joining up dots in a comic book!
But she found it very, very hard. No matter how she tried she just couldn't get her ladder started. She knew, from the piece of paper, that she had to start by trying to kill the black stones in the lower left, and she realised that she had to finish by trying to kill all the black stones in a ladder so that she could paint a wonderful picture, but she decided that crossing a river was maybe a bit too much to expect of a very tired little girl like her, and with a sigh she decided to try the last ladder. This was a BIG one.