If I were a more professional podCASTresse, I might have added a subliminal background track to this story, and if that were to have happened, you might have finished listening to tonight's bedtime story thinking one thought: Paul Bowles Can Be Touching and Humanistic. But, I'm not a professional (at podCASTressing), so maybe if, while you're listening, you think this over and over, you'll get that from it. Or maybe the story alone will prove it.
This and about a thousand others can be found in The Collected Stories of Paul Bowles.
Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast: Paul Bowles: By The Water