Chapter 3

“Hello.  My name’s Alexander.”
 
 “Hi. I’m Kurt,” he rumbled.
 
 “I’ve just come from underground.”
 
 “Welcome to Above Ground,” Kurt said, his chuckle sounding like a rocky river.  They each waved goodbye, and Alexander walked away from the forest edge, up a little hill, and to the edge of a lake with clear water.  His eyes brightened.  This water was so different from the small streams in the caves and shallow pools.  Here was a beautiful expanse of scintillating waves, mallard pairs floating on the surface, and reflections of wooly, gray patches that he saw, when he looked up, really lived in the sky.

Draw Kurt