Umbrella

[mallorys_camera]

Black Chicken is no more.

My Umbrella of Protection wasn't wide enough to keep her safe.

My Umbrella of Protection is barely wide enough to keep me and the kiskas safe these days. Tough times. Sigh.

I am sad but trying not to be sentimental about it. Nature red in tooth & claw, and all of that.

Still.

I dream of a universe where innocent creatures can frolic happily and carelessly. And maybe cynical creatures, too.

Comments

[halfmoon_mollie1]

I'm so sorry, I know the chickens weren't 'yours' but you did take care of them and were fond of them.

And maybe cynical creatures, too.

Indeed.

[mallorys_camera]

They were kinda my chickens in that I was really their primary caretaker.

[rebeccmeister]

Life with chickens can be so fragile and precarious. I'm sorry to hear she didn't make it.

[mallorys_camera]

Yeah. I had no idea that chickens were such endearing creatures.

[summersgate]

That's sad. Once the carnivores discover the flock they keep coming back. I'm so sorry.

[mallorys_camera]

Yah. I was not letting her out of her coop because she had a wound on her back & I figured predators would smell it.

But then Icky came up.

[lethe1]

I am so sorry. Stupid Icky :(

[mallorys_camera]

Icky is such a dick.

[poliphilo]

I'm sorry.

Black Chicken was a character. You wrote about her so well......

[mallorys_camera]

Thank you. She was a splendid character.

[wayfaringwordhack]

So sorry to hear this. :(

[mallorys_camera]

Thank you.

[fuzzilla]

Oh, no! Sorry to hear. :(

[mallorys_camera]

Thank you.

[suzannareads]

May all beings be safe and happy. I hope that Black Chicken and the rest of the flock meet a better future in the next cycle of existence.

[mallorys_camera]

Me too.

[puddleshark]

I'm so sorry. Once predators learn where there is chicken to be had - lovely, tasty, defenceless chicken - they just keep coming back. And of course Icky couldn't be arsed to put up any defences.

I dream of a universe where innocent creatures can frolic happily and carelessly. And maybe cynical creatures, too...

If there's a heaven, that would be it.

[mallorys_camera]

Definitely, that's the prerequisite for heaven.

[asakiyume]

So you mean there are no more chickens at all?!

I'm so sorry.

Damn! What an asshole that Icky is, having living creatures on his property that he can't be bothered to take care of.

...

Oh wait. That statement applies to more than the chickens.

I really am sorry, P ;_;