Thursday, February 27, 2025

The Tracker

 

The footprints stopped at the edge of the pond.  Did they just continue into the water?  Larry wanted us to hold our breath and swim down to the bottom to see if the prints kept going.  I got Larry's attention and pointed to the other side of the pond.  “Or we could just walk around and see if the prints come out on the other side.”  Larry agreed and so that’s what we did.

We were surprised to see two sets of prints coming out of the pond on the far side.  Larry suggested they apparently picked up someone while they were beneath the water and then the two of them came walking out.

Part of me thought Larry was an idiot, and yet I couldn’t explain the second set of footprints.  How was this possible? 

Larry kind of wandered off.  Not sure where he was going but I figured I was better on my own anyway.  Then, as I was standing there, just being quiet, the two culprits came walking back.  They were obviously surprised to see me.





Oh, did I forget to mention
that I'm a racoon?