Tag: animal

She is tall and handsome and sly and courageous.
At fourteen he was brave but reckless.
Even if it’s for only an hour or so.
Her eyes, opaquely glinting in the moonlight.
Ancestral superstitions still hovered over the islanders’ minds.
It was a very young face.
He had celery-green eyes.
It’s easy to let that happen.
Everything dissolves like sugar in water.
She begins to laugh.
She has arrived, at least.
We’ll sleep, I said again.
I need to slow down.
Terrible, in fact.
She smiled nervously and made no reply.
It’s not that simple, obviously.
Bet you’re hungry.
I miss the dog.
Don’t be silly.
I thought he was going to eat me.
It took her a moment or two to understand.
I knew you’d come back.
She was gasping for her solitude like a lungful of clean air.
It was the first time they’d met.
What was hard was balancing on one foot.
Was he witnessing the magic of dance?
She did remember his name, after all.
He began smiling, too.
I thought you were joking.
Why aren’t you in bed?
The others watched him from a distance. But closely.
What kind of question is that?
I’ll walk with you.
He doesn’t go very far.
This was going to take a while.
This was a good time to say nothing.
I had work to do!
I think you can do that.
He was not big but seemed fit.
He stared me straight in the face in a disquieting way.
I’m not sure if that makes any sense.
I moved on before they did.
I guess I’m a little more tired than I thought I was.
Maybe you have a friend?
Her brain was in overdrive.
I’m having fun, now you have fun.
You’re going to turn out better than me.
It’s going to be O.K.
It was the proudest day of his life.
Gone fishin’