Join me in welcoming back Andrew Klein with his second travel highlight in this year's competition. I hope you enjoy A Stranger Abroad as much as I have.
A Stranger Abroad
We sat dreaming of food. A stranger walked by. Suddenly, time slowed. I heard his boots, and Elspeth's sigh. He wore a dark hat, sunglasses, a long, black drover and a cane. He glanced over, gliding by without a word. As he passed he dropped a paper, no, it's money! It slowly fell. Like a feather, through the air, until it settled on the ground.
Time restarted. I grabbed the bill looking up to see no sign of him. He vanished. I showed Elspeth the money, enough to buy tea and cookies. Later, we joked that he was an angel.
We sat dreaming of food. A stranger walked by. Suddenly, time slowed. I heard his boots, and Elspeth's sigh. He wore a dark hat, sunglasses, a long, black drover and a cane. He glanced over, gliding by without a word. As he passed he dropped a paper, no, it's money! It slowly fell. Like a feather, through the air, until it settled on the ground.
Time restarted. I grabbed the bill looking up to see no sign of him. He vanished. I showed Elspeth the money, enough to buy tea and cookies. Later, we joked that he was an angel.
Andrew Klein was born in New York and raised in California. He spent 15 years with a backpack on, traveling the globe. He now lives with his family, north of Atlanta.
