The Village That Raised: Tours of a Happy Youth

Samuel balancing and speeding recklessly on the one remaining good ski maneuvers arching expertly and sails helplessly around the ibex . . . The ibex aware that she is no longer the sole occupant of this place looks up nonchalantly as if to ask Who is entering my space? and finds Samuel almost stopped now on his knees in a kind of kinetic prayer position precisely between Etnas and the two calves.