Your mom’s eyes simply pass over you as she watches a black ant make a meal out of a smaller one.Did she think that the smaller ant had abducted her son and carried him all the way through the house and out the front door,until a larger ant attacked and caused her son to be released into the wooden floor of the patio?No,of course not.She had no reason to think that you were outside on the patio,her having prohibited you long ago from being outdoors because of all the potential dangers like bugs and wind.
Looking around,all you could see was stone floor with the front yard in the far distance.Your house lay further beyond,past the endless sea of grass.The only thing in your immediate area were the legs of the patio chairs and tables,and the dusty undersides of your mom’s bare feet..Doing what you always do when you need help,you started walking to her.
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Karen just loved sunny weekend mornings like this.The kids were asleep,the sun was warm but not too hot,and the sound of distant lawnmowers filled the air with soothing white noise.Glancing down at the ground,Karen spotted a pair of ants fighting each other not far from her feet,before the larger one won and dragged the loser’s body into the grass where her eyes couldn’t follow.
Unaware that her son,ant sized even to ants,was jumping and waving right in front of her,she turned her eyes back up and to the street.She was more than happy to relax out here before she had to go back inside and get on with her day.Feeling her eyes grow heavy as the warm sun coaxed her into a nap,Karen…
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