Fox Path

Fox Path

She knows the path the fox takes - past the bramble bushes, through the long grass, to the left of the anthill, and under the trees into the copse.

Ash

Alder

Beech

Hazel

Holly

Oak

Her mother is crying in the house. At night, the fox cries too.

She is not afraid of the fox, she fears her mother’s tears.

The path runs along the edge of the field where the fallen tree lies speckled with moss and lichen.

Crow

Jay

Pigeon

Rook

The path leads down to the pond banked with reeds, slippery with mud and the paw-prints of voles.

Coot

Heron

Mallard

The fox does not swim in the pond but stares up at the sky.

Cumulus

Cirrus

Stratus

A small wind shivers the leaves of the alders.

The fox is gone.

Her father is gone but the fox will return and her mother cries in the house.

Daisy

Dandelion

Dog-rose

Glittering like stars, the dew in the long grass.


by Bronwen Griffiths





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