Chapter 54

r half-collapsed adobe house at the foot of the mountain.An emaciated old man lay deep inside the mud-brick house, sleeping on a straw mat. Two broken bowls and a blackened aluminum pot sat beside him...chased until she cried and howled. Besides being nimble and quick-witted, she jumped like a rabbit, leaping three feet high onto a tree.I didn't notice anything else unusual about her.I don't know if...