I Married An Alien (24 page)

I had ample time to think and ponder as I trudged through the dripping countryside, weariness dogging my every step. I walked until it began to grow dark, still no sign of civilization in sight. I wondered how it was possible such large tracts of unsettled countryside continued to exist so far into the future.

Finally when I could barely see where I was going, my weary legs, too tired to carry me another step, collapsed under me, and I sank down onto the damp, muddy earth. Scraping together a bed of leaves and bracken, I lay my aching head upon it, wondering if I would even wake in the morning, since I was seriously beginning to suspect this body was suffering from a terrible illness.

I supposed I shouldn't really have been surprised - I hadn't had much luck lately. As I lay there, feeling miserable and hungry, the moon rose, and shone down through the foliage. It gleamed against something metallic a few feet away, something I hadn't noticed in the descending gloom.

As I studied it, wondering what it was, something inside it shifted weakly, a small animal, and it dawned on me what it was; a rabbit trap.

An ember of hope sparked in me, because a rabbit trap meant someone had put it there, meaning they might be coming back to check it soon.

This was my last coherent thought as I slipped into an exhausted sleep.

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