A couple weeks ago I stepped outside, on my way to meet a friend for an early morning walk, and the neighborhood was covered in a pea soup fog. I ducked back into the apartment to grab my camera, somehow sensing that I'd come across something interesting on such a creepy morning. Not a block away from home, I run into this...
At first I couldn't clearly see what was on the ground. I thought perhaps it was someone sleeping on the sidewalk. But as I got closer and the fog parted I saw that that the shape was in fact a pair of large stuffed animals.
Nanook and Curious George.
Just laying there.
Abandoned.
I snapped the photo and edged closer.
They were both new or fairly new, in perfectly good condition.
What would make someone leave behind these animals?
"What" indeed.
I quickened my pace.
I started to run.
I risked a look back.
They both just laid there.
Abandoned.
3 comments:
Given the opening sentence, I will assume this is Mitchell's story?
oops, it was me, gretch.
My guess is: Colonel Mustard, with the lead pipe on the sidewalk.
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