Last night as we were getting ready for bed, husband called me from the bathroom and said, "I think there's some kind of animal outside!" I wasn't particularly alarmed, as our house backs up to a forest (the neighbors even saw a bear in our back yard a few months back!) and we frequently see wildlife, but seriously, if the stupid deer eat one more of my lettuces from the garden, I will be shoveling snow in my brand new Bambi-print snow gear this winter!! Anyway. Husband then added that it sounded like some sort of growling or something. Intrigued, I grabbed the big flashlight and went outside to chase off the critter. As I stepped away from the house, I saw a flash of something run off into the woods at the back of the yard. I was about to turn around and go back inside, but the beam of my flashlight caught something: two eyes. They were just inside the tree line and whatever animal they belonged to just sat there staring right at me, creepily reflecting the light from my flashlight. I ran toward it a few steps and yelled to see if it would go away, but it just stayed there, motionless. Then of course my mind flipped to this:
Needless to say, I picked up my stone shard and rushed the creature, barely escaping with my own life. Or maybe I just ran back inside and hid under the covers. In any case, I am happy to report that my garden survived another night.
