In t?? ????t ?? ? ??stlin? cit?, w???? t?? ??c? ?? li?? n?v?? s??ms t? sl?w ??wn, t???? ?xists ? tin? ??sis ?? ???? j?? ?n? inn?c?nc?. It’s ? sc?n? t??t ?n??l?s ??il? in ? c?z? c??n?? ?? ? vi???nt n?i?????????, ? sc?n? t??t n?v?? ??ils t? ??in? ? smil? t? t?? ??c?s ?? t??s? l?ck? ?n???? t? witn?ss it.

Ami?st t?? ??stl? ?n? ??stl? ?? t?? cit?, t????’s ? ???int littl? ???k, ? ?i???n ??m, w???? ??mili?s ??t??? t? ?sc??? t?? ????n c???s ??? ? w?il?. B?t w??t m?k?s t?is ???k t??l? s??ci?l is ? si??t t??t n?v?? ???s ?nn?tic??: ? c?t? in??nt ???ss?? in ? ??m?lin? ??t?it.

T?is littl? ??n?l? ?? j??, w?????? in s??t, ??st?l-c?l???? l????s, s??ms t? ?m???? ?v???t?in? sw??t ?n? ??li??t??l in t?? w??l?. T?? ??m?lin? ??t?it, wit? its tin? ??tt?ns ?n? ??lic?t? ??ills, is t?? ??it?m? ?? ???? ??s?i?n, ?n ??s?l?t? ??li??t t? ????l?.

B?t it’s n?t j?st t?? ??t?it t??t c??t???s t?? ????ts ?? ?nl??k??s; it’s t?? ???i?nt ???s?nc? ?? t?? ???? ???s?l?. H?? ???s s???kl? wit? ? misc?i?v??s twinkl?, ?n? ??? li?s c??v? int? t?? m?st ??????l? smil?s. T??s? smil?s ??? lik? ???ms ?? s?ns?in?, s?????in? w??mt? ?n? ????in?ss t? ?v????n? in t??i? vicinit?.

T?? ????’s ?l????ln?ss kn?ws n? ???n?s. In ??? ??m?lin? ??t?it, s?? w???l?s ????t t?? ???k, ?x?l??in? t?? w??l? wit? t?? c??i?sit? ?n? w?n??? t??t ?nl? ? c?il? ??ss?ss?s. Ev??? l???, ?v??? ?l??? ?? ???ss, ?v??? ??ssin? ??tt???l? ??c?m?s ? s???c? ?? ??scin?ti?n ?n? j??.

An? ?s s?? m?v?s ????t, s?? n?v?? ??ils t? c??t??? t?? ?tt?nti?n ?? ??ss??s??. P???l? st?? in t??i? t??cks, t??i? ??s? liv?s m?m?nt??il? ?????tt?n, ?s t??? w?tc? t?is c???min? littl? ??m?lin?. St??n???s ??c?m? ??i?n?s, ?ll c?nn?ct?? ?? t?? sim?l?, ?niv??s?l j?? t??t t?? ???? ?x???s.

In ? w??l? ?ill?? wit? n?is? ?n? c???s, t?? si??t ?? t?is c?t? in??nt in ??? ??m?lin? ??t?it is ? ??min??? ?? t?? ????t? in sim?licit?. It’s ? ??min??? t??t ?mi?st t?? c??ll?n??s ?n? c?m?l?xiti?s ?? li??, t???? ??? m?m?nts ?? ????, ?n???lt???t?? j?? w?itin? t? ?? ?isc?v????. It’s ? ??min??? t??t ? misc?i?v??s smil? ???m ? ???? c?n ??i??t?n ?v?n t?? ???k?st ?? ???s.

S?, i? ??? ?v?? ?in? ????s?l? in t?? ????t ?? t?? cit?, ?mi?st t?? c???s ?n? t?? ??s?, t?k? ? m?m?nt t? visit t?is littl? ???k. S??k ??t t?? c?t? in??nt in ??? ??m?lin? ??t?it, ?n? l?t ??? ?l????l ?n? c???min? ??ins ??min? ??? ?? t?? ????t? ?n? inn?c?nc? t??t still ?xist in t?is w??l?. F?? in t??t tin? ??sis, ???’ll ?in? ? ???ci??s ??min??? t??t li??, wit? ?ll its c?m?l?xiti?s, is still ?ill?? wit? m?m?nts ?? ???? sw??tn?ss ?n? ??li??t.