The Library - First Story
from Stories Hosted by Francis Rosenfeld
“Do you believe her?” Jen whispered to Ted, eyeing the young woman with the gaze of a skeptic. She’d been a ranger for fifteen years, and during this time she’d heard her share of tall tales, although, she had to admit, not one that could hold a candle to this gals’. Really? That was the best lie the woman could come up with? That she got lost in the desert and spent an untold number of years living with a mysterious philosopher colony? Even as feral as she looked, with matted hair and dressed in dubious rags, there was no way their rescue had spent more than a week in any place lacking the trappings of civilization: she didn’t look malnourished, had no signs of physical trauma and, honestly, she didn’t look old enough to have spent many years anywhere, not to mention the wilderness.
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