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The Light in the Pines

La luz entre los pinos

The innkeeper bows deeply, hands her a handwritten welcome note, and never says a word — because he is a monkey. Snowed into a hidden Japanese mountain village, a burned-out travel blogger may have just stumbled onto the story of her life.

Part 1 of 4 in The Last Guest of Winter

El último autobús salió a las cinco. Lorena llegó a la parada a las cinco y diez, con nieve en el pelo y el teléfono sin batería en la mano. «No, no, no», dijo.

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