could sense but could not see. And this made the long night seem longer
still. Around the village, tree-lined ridges rose up against the deeper dark
beyond and, along that wavering verge, stars moved imperceptibly in the
treetops, encircling man and animal alike. Altogether, those cross-
hatched branches wove a spangled basket against the sky and somewhere
inside it was the tiger, hunting.
ron
(Ron)
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