The Tiger

Description

HANGING IN THE TREES, AS IF CAUGHT THERE, IS A SICKLE

OF A MOON

. Its wan light dissipates shadows on the snow underneath, as it was

darkening further the woodland that this man haggles now as much by feel

as by sight. He is walking and on his own put something aside for a solitary pooch, which runs

ahead, anxious to head home finally. All around, the dark trunks of

oak, pine, and poplar take off into the dull over the clean and deadfall, and

their branches structure a worn-out shade overhead. Slim birches, more white

than the day off, to transmit their very own light, however, it resembles the layer of

a creature in winter: cold to the touch and for itself alone. Everything hushes up in

this torpid, solidified world. It is cold to the point that spit will freeze before it

lands; so cool that a tree, weak as straw and unfit to contain its

growing sap, may unexpectedly detonate. As they progress, man and

hound the same abandon a wake of warmth, and the contrails of their breath

hang in pale mists over their tracks. Their aroma remains nearby in the

windless dull, however, their footfalls convey thus, with each progression, they

report themselves to the night.

Notwithstanding the unpleasant cool, the man wears rain boots more qualified to the

downpour; his garments, as well, are shockingly light, taking into account that he has been

out throughout the day, looking. His firearm has developed substantial on his shoulder, as have

his backpack and cartridge belt. In any case,

he realizes this course like the rear of

his hand, and he is nearly inside sight of his lodge. Presently, finally, he can

permit himself the chance of alleviation. Maybe he envisions the light he

will light and the fire he will manufacture; maybe he envisions the weights he

will before long set down. The water in the pot is absolutely solidified, however, the

oven is daintily walled and soon it will gleam wildly against the cold and

dim, similarly as his own body is doing now. Before sufficiently long, there will be hot

tea and a cigarette, trailed by rice, meat, and more cigarettes.