The Puffin of Death (2015)
The Puffin of Death
“Accompanied by two friendly border collies from a nearby farm, we climbed Helgafell—translation, Holy Mountain. Oddi, who like all the other Icelanders I’d met, spoke flawless English, told us that in Viking times the mountain was considered an entrance to Valhalla. In the thirteenth century, it became the site of a small chapel, which now lay in ruins at the summit. In accordance with local legend, we ascended silently, and once at the summit, turned east and, still in silence, made three wish...es. Supposedly, wishes made in this manner were always granted if they were made with a pure heart. But whose heart was truly pure?
Still, after I’d finished three quick certain never-to-be-granted wishes, I looked around at the Geronimos, as they insisted I call them, and saw eyes shut and lips moving, with only two exceptions: Adele Cobb and Lucinda Greaves, a thin, fiftyish woman with a perpetual sour expression. Instead of wishing, she surveyed the extraordinary scenery.MoreLess
Still, after I’d finished three quick certain never-to-be-granted wishes, I looked around at the Geronimos, as they insisted I call them, and saw eyes shut and lips moving, with only two exceptions: Adele Cobb and Lucinda Greaves, a thin, fiftyish woman with a perpetual sour expression. Instead of wishing, she surveyed the extraordinary scenery.MoreLess
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