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George Katherine Westermann Lewis

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Monkey Watching the Sea

Submitted to Contest #300

Monkey Watching the Sea By Katherine Westermann When he said a mountaintop resort, I hadn’t pictured so much walking. Or so much damp. The world is grey and crowded inside this fog. Over fifty of us are climbing a narrow trail to the ‘Monkey Watching the Sea’ viewpoint, named for a monkey-shaped rock formation that stares down at the world-famous Huang Shan Sea of Clouds. Legend has it, the monkey’s view grants Clarity. We shuffle up the trail at an invalid’s pace. Some of the tourists are old, tiny as children, and their bones set th...

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