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the vole knew

it is my dream. i'm not in it, i'm just watching, like so many hidden cameras...the scene is on a dilapidated farm, in a large barn the color of peeling mud. there is a man in his late twenties, a rugged, handsome, adventurous and brave man. he is standing before an assembly of four-legged woodland creatures, all of whom can speak and think and have a little society going...the largest animal in the room is a jack rabbit. the man is speaking to the roomful, impassioned and on a mission. there is tall and wide chalkboard behind him, taped to the chalkboard there are hundreds of photographs, mostly 8x11, all of christmas elves and children decked out in christmas themed costumery. he is drawing lines and words on the chalkboard and seems desperate to impart some serious shit to these critters. he wants to protect the elves and children, many of whom look like dolls staring out from their wrinkled paper effigies. this man will not give it a rest, he is yelling now and i can make out a little of what he says..."we must keep watch or they will be next, YOU could be next, if we are not careful!"...there is a rustle among the throng, hindquarters bristle at the thought...a small vole is perched on a rotting desk held up mostly by the wall and raises his hand...i realize he has looked most uncomfortable this whole time. he squeaks a question, something like "shouldn't we be more careful?" as he looks around the crumbling inner space, the broken panes of glass, the cracked pillars do not imply a fortress well-equipped for invasion. the man seems startled, as if the thought of attack hadn't occurred to him. he gazes around and sees his quarters for the first time with the eyes of the vole. he gives a small gasp. suddenly i'm outside and see a tiny speck on the horizon...it grows larger until, in full view it is a small owl...on a mission. it soars like a rocket, speeding directly at the broad side of the barn...there is a window gaping, bereft of glass, into which the owl streaks--inside the barn the animals hardly see what's happening in real time--the owl snatches the vole as it glides out of the next open window, the poor vole squealing in its talons. there is a scream, and the man shouts and without a moment's thought he races out the door and after the thief...he leaves the heavy barn door open as he goes, and the cries of objection to this fall on deaf ears...he is led only by his first instinct, does not think things through, for all his daring and bravery. as he disappears into the woods there is a rumbling, and again, from outside the barn i witness a flood of flying and footed predators amass from out of the line of trees and and stream in to the open barn door...a flurry of feathers, fur and fear...

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