"Cold " Melanie said, crouching and extending her hands toward the flames. "Brr."
"The fire soon make you warm," the first guide said.
Man it's cold " Jim said as he came up to the fire. "What happened?"
"Clouds rise," the tracker said.
"Tomorrow," the second tracker said, "we go into the valley." He pointed toward the steep slope on the side opposite to the way they had come up. "It will be easier. Trees do not grow toward the sun but straight out the side of the mountain and farther apart."
"That's strange," Jim said.
"This a strange mountain," the guide said.
--from the story, ""The White Gibbons""
