The Man in the Woods
“Pinky followed. “What?” he asked three times. “I don’t see anything!”
“You can’t see it now,” said Helen. “You can’t see it except from up there, and even then, if it hadn’t been for the fog, I never would have noticed.”
They crossed the grassy path again, but Helen ran on to the right of it. She stopped when she reached the first juniper tree. She slapped its rough trunk. “They were all planted Pinky,” she explained breathlessly. “All at one time. Trees in the woods don’t grow naturally in a p...erfect square, all exactly the same height. I never would have noticed from the ground, there’s too many other trees in the way. It was the fog. It blocked off every other tree below them, and only the juniper tops showed!” She paused for a little air. “Look. They must have been planted to disguise the location of the foundation of the house. It’s Lorenzo’s last mistake, Pinky. All of it’s overgrown, but we’ll find the basement here somewhere.”
Very slowly Pinky approached one of the junipers, looked at the others, and calculated.MoreLess
“You can’t see it now,” said Helen. “You can’t see it except from up there, and even then, if it hadn’t been for the fog, I never would have noticed.”
They crossed the grassy path again, but Helen ran on to the right of it. She stopped when she reached the first juniper tree. She slapped its rough trunk. “They were all planted Pinky,” she explained breathlessly. “All at one time. Trees in the woods don’t grow naturally in a p...erfect square, all exactly the same height. I never would have noticed from the ground, there’s too many other trees in the way. It was the fog. It blocked off every other tree below them, and only the juniper tops showed!” She paused for a little air. “Look. They must have been planted to disguise the location of the foundation of the house. It’s Lorenzo’s last mistake, Pinky. All of it’s overgrown, but we’ll find the basement here somewhere.”
Very slowly Pinky approached one of the junipers, looked at the others, and calculated.MoreLess
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