Sergi Garcia i Gisbert<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em>- <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe girl skipped among the stones, red-cheeked and with a smile that wouldn't go away.
Each step made a soft noise in the earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-Grandfather, why does it sound like that? -he asked, pausing for a moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-Because you tickle her,\" he replied, with a glint of complicity in his eyes.
eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She laughed, bent down and touched the ground. It was cold and damp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-It's soft,\" he murmured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grandfather nodded slowly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-The mountain has its secrets. But it only tells them to those who take the time.
to listen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The girl looked at the horizon, where the path disappeared into the forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-And how do you know that? -he whispered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grandfather leaned his cane and pointed ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-Because he told me about it years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She moved forward, letting the mountain speak to her with every step. He stayed behind,
listening silently to the echo of his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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