"For Indalecio’s father, a mountain was a mountain. A mountain was tall and thick and made of rocks...."

“For Indalecio’s father, a mountain was a mountain. A mountain was tall and thick and made of rocks. There was really no other way to explain it. Indalecio’s father never had to say, “Look, over there. Do you see that giant rock coming out of the ground? That’s a mountain.” A mountain is one of those things you know about from a very young age. You don’t know the exact moment when you learned what a mountain was, but it was probably the first time you saw one. Indalecio, however, didn’t know what a mountain was because he’s never seen one. He just sees a line off in the distance. On top of that line is the sky. Below that line is the ground.”

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Excerpt from “The Boy Who Could See Through Mountains” from my new collection, The Boy Who Could See Through Mountains and Other Stories available (for free!) through Wednesday at Amazon.com. Get it!

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