The spring day was cool and fresh with a luminous light drawn down from a mixture of cloud, sun and light rain. <\/p>\n
Many puddles edged the road in glowing arcs, yet one small, silvered pool caught my attention and drew me back. <\/p>\n
At the edge of the cloud-streaked water lay a tiny dead mouse. I could not see how it had died \u2013 there was no visible wound \u2013 but its sleek grey body curled peacefully around the edge of the puddle. <\/p>\n
The light was strange that day; it dazzled, it reflected off damp metal, it brought all lying water to life. <\/p>\n
The puddle was luminescent. It glowed. <\/p>\n
And the tiny mouse \u2013 so perfectly placed \u2013 looked as if it was staring deeply into a portal to another world where all mice ran untrammelled and free and none died ignominiously at the side of a small damp country road. <\/p>\n
\u00a9 Anne McMaster 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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