The cab arrived late. The inside was in as
bad of shape as the outside which was
concerning, and it didn't appear that it had
been cleaned in months. The green tree airfreshener hanging from the rearview mirror
was either exhausted of its scent or not strong
enough to overcome the other odors emitting
from the cab. The correct decision, in this
case, was to get the hell out of it and to call
another cab, but she was late and didn't have
a choice.
The light was out on the front porch of the
house. This was strange. Judy couldn't
remember a time when she had ever seen it
out. She hopped out of her car and walked to
the door. It was slightly ajar and she knew this
meant something terrible. She gently pushed
the door open and hall her fears were
realized. "Surprise! Happy Birthday!" everyone
shouted.
The trees, therefore, must be such old and
primitive techniques that they thought nothing
of them, deeming them so inconsequential
that even savages like us would know of them
and not be suspicious. At that, they probably
didn't have too much time after they detected
us orbiting and intending to land. And if that
were true, there could be only one place
where their civilization was hidden.
Sarah watched the whirlpool mesmerized.
She couldn't take her eyes off the water
swirling around and around. She stuck in
small twigs and leaves to watch the whirlpool
catch them and then suck them down. It
bothered her more than a little bit that this
could also be used as a metaphor for her
life.