A Timely Invitation

Oh, look how beautiful and shimmery these stones are!” said one of the villagers. “They're oddly bumpy, yet smooth too,” observed another running a hand over one of the stones. Sniffing the air, a third villager exclaimed,“Mmm, smell that? It's like our roasting fires at home. That smell would surely attract visitors to our village!” Yet another said, “Listen. It almost sounds like -- Is that breathing?” A sudden rustling in the trees startled the group and they would surely have run off in fright had they not heard a warm friendly voice say ...