A Fairy Tale
A Magical Encounter Ben loved being in nature. He had been hiking since he was a teenager. It started as afternoon hikes through the woods of his local park. Being in the great outdoors, the Sun coming through the leaves, the wind through the trees, and the sounds of humanity relegated to the background, was Ben's escape, his Heaven. As time went on, the sounds of traffic and other people, as muted as they were, still invaded his senses. He...