Saturday, August 29, 2009

The woman whose feet never touched ground

Atlas of Curiosities: Part 39

In the village, we were told, there was something to see.  We were brought to a certain hut, in which, we were told, was sleeping a middle-aged woman. 

“What is special about her that we have been asked to witness?” we asked.

“When she walks,” we were told, “Her feet are always a finger’s-width above the ground.”

We were ushered on to other things, and thus can’t give an account as to whether or not this was true.