I took a shortcut through a graveyard this afternoon.
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Farther on, I suddenly felt as if I was being watched. I turned my head and saw a hare so huge that it made it me wonder if kangaroos and hares are related. It was just suddenly there, close by, on a parallel path. It sat utterly still and stared at me so intently that I wondered if Granny Weatherwax was in there. When I walked on, it walked on. When I stopped, it stopped and stared at me. When I walked on again, it walked on again. Then suddenly, from one gravestone to the next, it vanished.
After the birds left me and the hare left me, I left the graveyard. When I turned the corner of the path through the trees that leads to the side gate, I passed a bench. A man was sitting on it. He was staring at the ground, playing the tin whistle.
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After the birds left me and the hare left me, I left the graveyard. When I turned the corner of the path through the trees that leads to the side gate, I passed a bench. A man was sitting on it. He was staring at the ground, playing the tin whistle.
I feel like I just walked through someone else’s short story.
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I feel like I just walked through someone else’s short story.
@CiaraNi
Jaysus, no kidding. -
@CiaraNi
Jaysus, no kidding.@wannabemystiker I can't decide if it was an interesting or unnerving sequence of events. I amn't sure if I've been blessed or cursed.
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@wannabemystiker I can't decide if it was an interesting or unnerving sequence of events. I amn't sure if I've been blessed or cursed.
@CiaraNi
It would be quite unnerving to me. I'd be inclined to clap my hands three times as I left and maybe do some other things once I got home.
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@CiaraNi
It would be quite unnerving to me. I'd be inclined to clap my hands three times as I left and maybe do some other things once I got home.@wannabemystiker The reason I walked through the graveyard was because it was a shortcut during a detour from another route. I took the detour to drop by a place where I was picking up some candles. Perhaps I should sing some incantation when I light them to see what I can ward off. Or conjure up.
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I feel like I just walked through someone else’s short story.
@CiaraNi sounds like it's your story now. And like you need to roll for initiative
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@CiaraNi sounds like it's your story now. And like you need to roll for initiative
@benjaminlj Oh no, maybe it is my story now, because I didn't just leave it where I found it, but took it home and retold it.
I had to look up 'roll for initiative' and it seems to mean 'let the battle begin', so now I'm even more slightly unnerved, thank you. I'll never beat that hare - it was kangaroo-beefy.
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@wannabemystiker The reason I walked through the graveyard was because it was a shortcut during a detour from another route. I took the detour to drop by a place where I was picking up some candles. Perhaps I should sing some incantation when I light them to see what I can ward off. Or conjure up.
@CiaraNi The whole thing sounds magical and Wonderland-like! What a wonderfully intense and curious experience. @wannabemystiker
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@CiaraNi The whole thing sounds magical and Wonderland-like! What a wonderfully intense and curious experience. @wannabemystiker
@tanyakaroli Curious. That's it, that's the word. It was a most curious experience. A peculiar sequence of tiny events.
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