Friday, October 3, 2025

Sparkles

 

At first, she thought it was dew sparkling on the grass in the dark, but it wasn’t *quite* dew-like, so she took a few steps towards it.

Maybe little spiderwebs?

She shooed a mosquito away from her face and jostled the little headlamp she was wearing.

The sparkles were gone.

When she turned her headlamp back on, the sparkles were there again.

Cautiously, she took a few steps closer, and she realized they weren’t spider *webs*, they were spider *eyes* and now they surrounded her.

The little owl was silent as it snatched her headlamp, and the night engulfed her.

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