From his vantage the owl could see across the cornfield<\/p>\n
Nothing stirred<\/p>\n
The hour was young<\/p>\n
A field mouse ran along the branch<\/p>\n
It positioned itself next to the owl<\/p>\n
As it did each day<\/p>\n
Just after dawn<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Why do you stare into the field owl?<\/i><\/p>\n
I never tire of looking into the field<\/i><\/p>\n
Why are you not there mouse? <\/i><\/p>\n
Became I will be attacked <\/i><\/p>\n
I am safe on this branch <\/i><\/p>\n
I will protect you <\/i><\/p>\n
I know that you will protect me <\/i><\/p>\n
But I am timid <\/i><\/p>\n
As you will <\/i><\/p>\n
What has positioned your attention today owl? <\/i><\/p>\n
I have lost something <\/i><\/p>\n
Then retrieve it <\/i><\/p>\n
I do not want to spoil the moment <\/i><\/p>\n
You confuse me owl <\/i><\/p>\n
Have you ever lost anything precious?<\/i><\/p>\n
Yes <\/i><\/p>\n
What did you do?<\/i><\/p>\n
I did nothing as I was scared to venture into the field <\/i><\/p>\n
The day was hot <\/i><\/p>\n
You forget mouse that this field is cool in the summer <\/i><\/p>\n
It was not the heat that bothered me <\/i><\/p>\n
And is warm in the winter <\/i><\/p>\n
Too many were creatures were lurking in the field <\/i><\/p>\n
They would have harmed me<\/i><\/p>\n
I would have protected you<\/i><\/p>\n
What did you lose?<\/i><\/p>\n
A trinket nothing more <\/i><\/p>\n
I once lost something in this field <\/i><\/p>\n
Did you retrieve it?<\/i><\/p>\n
No <\/i><\/p>\n
Why?<\/i><\/p>\n
Because when an object is lost <\/i><\/p>\n
One is normally sad<\/i><\/p>\n
But I was not sad <\/i><\/p>\n
Why were you not sad? <\/i><\/p>\n
Because I imagined the happiness I would feel when I found it again <\/i><\/p>\n
I just wanted to save that moment for as long as possible <\/i><\/p>\n
You are quite old owl <\/i><\/p>\n
I know I am <\/i><\/p>\n
Your days are numbered but you just sit on this branch <\/i><\/p>\n
One day you will die <\/i><\/p>\n
I am aware of that <\/i><\/p>\n
Then why do you not retrieve the object you lost?<\/i><\/p>\n
I will <\/i><\/p>\n
On my last day on this branch I will retrieve my loss<\/i><\/p>\n
Why not do it today <\/i><\/p>\n
Or tomorrow <\/i><\/p>\n
No I will retrieve the object on my last day <\/i><\/p>\n
Then you will not enjoy it for long <\/i><\/p>\n
I will experience happiness <\/i><\/p>\n
In that moment of retrieval I will experience an extreme happiness <\/i><\/p>\n
And then I will be ready for eternity <\/i><\/p>\n
What did you lose owl? <\/i><\/p>\n
I did not really lose anything<\/i><\/p>\n
Certainly not an object as I have suggested \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
Just my mother\u2019s love<\/i><\/p>\n
And it is there hidden in this golden cornfield<\/i><\/p>\n
Waiting for me \u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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