That Moose Got His Antlers Snowed On
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by Charles IV
The moose ate grass that looked juicy. When he pulled it off the ground, it gave off the sound of ripping off. He brought his head up together with his antlers that looked large and magnificent. It was a strong moose standing steady having merely his mouth moving from side to side.
Our old house was located on the countryside and visits of that sort weren’t as unusual but this one was special because we were playing cards in the living room when one of us in suppressed excitement said, ”nobody moves or make a sound, there is a moose outside the window,” and we slowly turned in the direction. He stood a few meters away as framed in the window as old canvas.
We were moving to the window super silent observing one another with big smiles as if it was a game. When we got to there the moose got closer, so close that we could see the details of the fur, the nose, the dark circular bulging eyes and our faces reflecting in them; and the antlers.
The view triggered silence in all of us, the moose stood still too and he was probably aware of us as much as we were aware of him, probably we observed one another. We did not move, we did not even breath and the moment was static until a single snowflake swung down the sky through the painted canvas and landed on one of his antlers; and everybody went wow with this childish enthusiasm and the moose proudly chewed on the grass a couple of times then turned around and walked away.