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It seemed an animal totally wild, and utterly afraid of man. IT SEEMED AN ANIMAL TOTALLY WILD AND UTTERLY AFRAID OF MAN
on his lonely walk. Far off a vista of trees followed a cheerless road all dead as mourners suddenly stricken dead in some funereal procession. By this road he had come; but when he had reached a certain point he turned from the road at once, branching away to the left, led by a line of bushes that may once have been a lane. For some while his feet had rustled through long neglected grass; sometimes he lifted them up to step over a telephone wire that lolled over old entanglements and bushes; often he came to rusty strands of barbed wire and walked through them where they had been cut, perhaps years ago, by huge shells; then his feet hissed on through the grass again, dead grass that had hissed about his boots all through the afternoon. Once he sat down to rest on the edge of a crater, weary with such walking as he had never seen before; and after he had stayed there a little while a cat that seemed to have its home in that wild place started suddenly up and leaped away over the weeds. URNED ABOUT THIS MAN ON HIS LONELY WALK FAR OFF A VISTA OF TREES FOLLOWED A CHEERLESS ROAD ALL DEAD AS MOURNERS SUDDENLY STRICKEN DEAD IN SOME FUNEREAL PROCESSION BY THIS ROAD HE HAD COME BUT WHEN HE HAD REACHED A CERTAIN POINT HE TURNED FROM THE ROAD AT ONCE BRANCHING AWAY TO THE LEFT LED BY A LINE OF BUSHES THAT MAY ONCE HAVE BEEN A LANE FOR SOME WHILE HIS FEET HAD RUSTLED THROUGH LONG NEGLECTED GRASS SOMETIMES HE LIFTED THEM UP TO STEP OVER A TELEPHONE WIRE THAT LOLLED OVER OLD ENTANGLEMENTS AND BUSHES OFTEN HE CAME TO RUSTY STRANDS OF BARBED WIRE AND WALKED THROUGH THEM WHERE THEY HAD BEEN CUT PERHAPS YEARS AGO BY HUGE SHELLS THEN HIS FEET HISSED ON THROUGH GRASS AGAIN DEAD GRASS THAT HAD HISSED ABOUT HIS BOOTS ALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ONCE HE SAT DOWN TO REST ON THE EDGE OF A CRATER WEARY WITH SUCH WALKING AS HE HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE AND AFTER HE HAD STAYED THERE A LITTLE WHILE A CAT THAT SEEMED TO HAVE ITS HOME IN THAT WILD PLACE STARTED SUDDENLY UP AND LEAPT AWAY OVER THE WEEDS
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