For
four
days
,
Scott's
men
____________________
in
their
____________________
near
the
mountains
.
There
is
a
bad
____________________
outside
,
Oates
wrote
.
It's
too
____________________
for
the
ponies
,
and
our
____________________
and
skis
are
____________________
,
too
.
On
December
9th
,
Oates
____________________
the
ponies
.
They
were
tired
and
____________________
and
they
could
not
walk
up
to
the
____________________
.
Then
Mearesand
his
dogs
went
back
to
Cape
Evans
.
'We
can
pull
the
____________________
ourselves
,
'
Scott
said
.
'We
can
do
it
-
we're
all
____________________
men
.
'
There
were
two
sledges
and
eight
men
.
They
went
twenty
four
____________________
a
day
.
On
December
31st
,
Scott
____________________
to
Teddy
Evans
,
and
the
men
on
the
second
sledge
:
'You
can't
ski
____________________
.
Leave
your
skis
____________________
.
'
So
they
pulled
their
sledge
twenty
-
four
kilometres
____________________
skis
.
