07-18-2010, 03:00 AM
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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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Artist Feature: When Words Fail — "Flight" by Derek Chatwood
When Sharks Fly: "The Thing With The Squirrels", illustrated by Derek Chatwood ; (c) 2009. All Rights Reserved
author's comments:
The first hunting season did not go well. Hundreds of tons of shark raining onto the cities below, was a foreseeable unforeseen consequence. Strict limits and safeguards were added to the hunting licenses, most notably confined to remote areas only. Hunters brought in special truck-mounted shark cages, and steel-covered airstreams. The work was difficult, but fears of flying shark overpopulation, were rampant.
Hunkered down in their cages, deep in the wilderness, the hunters made a remarkable discovery. Hiding in the tall trees, the flying squirrels lay in wait. When the sharks prowled low, the squirrels launched from above, landing on their targets and gnawing. The precise mechanism wasn't yet known, but within minutes of a squirrel bite, the shark would fall, quite dead. Within minutes, all predators of the forest descended on the shark carcass, clawing and bickering over the buffet. And where were the squirrels?
Free of the distracted natural predators, the squirrels scoured the forest floor for nuts. But kept their eyes on the sky.
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi
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