The boy grew into a man who trained as a carpenter and kept a small coin the stone had never given him. He told his daughter once, on a winter night, about the way the slab spoke — in a voice that was not a voice but an accumulation of small things — and she asked whether rocks cried because they kept too much inside. He told her that rocks do not cry like we do; they remember.
In "When Rocks Cry Out," Horace Butler argues that ancient biblical and Egyptian civilizations were originally located in the Americas rather than the Middle East or Africa. Drawing on extensive research into "Forbidden Histories," the book suggests that historical events, including the life of King David, have been geographically misplaced for centuries. For more details, explore the text at Google Books When Rocks Cry Out, by Horace Butler - Moor Herbs
"I hear a woman," the boy said without opening his eyes. "She lost a necklace and put it in the ground for someone she loved and then forgot why. She says the word 'forgive' like a stone drops into a well."