Something More (2014)
“At first, she had seen nothing but the solidness of the cliff’s long face. Now, patterns and shapes were beginning to emerge.
It was like cloud watching. Over there was a turtle; to the right of it, a hump-backed camel. Then, high along the rim, it kind of looked like the head of an old woman with no teeth sleeping with her mouth open. The image made Dulcie giggle into her hand.
She went a step farther, then stopped and darted a quick look over her shoulder. Between the trees, she saw a scrap of blue fluttering in the breeze and breathed easier.
A couple more steps and her attention was caught by the protruding roundness of a huge boulder. Her mouth opened in a round and silent O.
“An angel,” Dulcie breathed in wonder.
As she took a step toward it, she tripped over a tree root and went sprawling to the ground. Embarrassed, Dulcie scrambled to her feet and dusted off her jeans. She glared briefly at the protruding root that had tripped her, then ventured closer to the canyon’s towering wall.
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