Small, feared and reviled
Shadowing man’s every step
The hunter hunted
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I sit upon the garden step, seeking shade… quiet, unmoving. You run across the stones, almost skidding to a halt as you see me. We look at each other, frozen in a moment. Intelligence shines from your eyes. I am supposed to fear you, but I smile. I acknowledge your power of destruction… your species and mine share that propensity. I find you innocent… and beautiful.
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Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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Thank you.
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Aww, cute.
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Nice…
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Watch out! The plague!
(though currently humans are probably more likely to carry the plague than the rodents)
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All nature has its part to play in the great dance.
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I agree with you, Sue. They’re really cute – just like squirrels without the fluffy tail. I once worked with a man who owned two rats called Alcock and Brown, and not only were they cute and affectionate, they were very intelligent, as you say. Poor things need a good press for once – it’s about time we forgave them for the Plague and moved on… 🙂
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The Plague wasn’t even their fault… we have to blame the fleas.
But I’llnever forget my son phoning me to ask if there were such a thing as ‘bald-tailed squirrels’ as he had one on his bird feeder 😀
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The fleas indeed, yet it’s always the poor rats that seem to get the blame. Maybe they’d benefit from a name change – perhaps ‘bald-tailed squirrels’ would do the trick. 😊 I’ve seen them on bird feeders too.
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A young one raided the feeder the other day and ran away, looking terribly embarassed when he stopped right in front of me 🙂
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