Category: Animals
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Raising expectation
“This end of the loch is the best to catch sight of the you-know-what”, the tour guide had said that afternoon. “Stay here, and look out between those rocks, and you may see something.” She left in her small boat three hours ago, through the rocks she was pointing out. She hasn’t been back since.…
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The birth of the phoenix
What once was coalSparksFail to IgniteSmoking cinders Roll As A bird Takes To flightFlames No longer lick Embers glow no moreTwo strong legs kick And wings help the bird soarDarkness diminished by wingsOutstretched wideThe birth of the phoenix Has just been describedHigh up above flies the magical birdOnce only ever dreamed of in our real world
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Leftovers
It’s over. For another year. Time to take down all of the fake cobwebs, fancy lanterns, candles and other decorations, and box them away. Time to put the witch back in her cage and the bat back in its cave. No, that’s not right. The witch in the cave and the bat, the cage. No,…