Posted by

Joe Gray

Three summers ago, I typed the words “most probably correct” in closing an Earth Tongues piece titled Smiles and scowles: Puzzles in the Forest. At that point, I felt that I had written all that I was ever going to on the subject of tourists experiencing curious English woodlands. But a recent encounter with an Italian couple, on a misty July morning, has set me writing this unexpected sequel.

The new story finds its begin...