He went a ways up the hill and looked out to where his home was in the distance and then to the boy standing next to him. He showed the boy where his home once was.
‘See there,’ he said.
‘I see.’
‘I lived there.’
‘When?’
‘Long ago.’
‘Do people live there now?’
‘No, I don’t think they do.’
He couldn’t know that for sure, but it sounded right.
With the boy he climbed all the way to the hill top where they could see far past the house and out to the sea where it lapped at the beach.
‘See there,’ he said.
‘I see.’
‘I lived there.’
‘When?’
‘Long ago.’
‘Do people live there now?’
‘No, I don’t think they do.’
He couldn’t know that for sure, but it sounded right.
With the boy he climbed all the way to the hill top where they could see far past the house and out to the sea where it lapped at the beach.
