Town Hypnosis

 The chirping of the birds was less than usual and there was a different smell that smoked off from a distance. He walked slowly and cautiously not knowing what it could be. He remembered the stories of his great grandfather who died few months ago on visitors who had appeared from the end of the ocean by climbing it and approaching the village in a huge boat that still floats in a decrepitude state on the other side of the shore. He laughed and wondered why his grandfather talked of the sweet stew that came from boiling the visitors in hot water.