Every wonder what happens when nobody is looking? If a tree falling makes noise when nobody hears it? I imagine there are many things we don’t see if we are not looking. Here’s a story from my collection.

Nest

Trilby Plants

Joy Stevens despised mowing the lawn and had procrastinated until the last minute. She stood behind the lawnmower gazing at the expanse of grass, looking for signs of a rabbit’s nest: dry grass woven over a slight depression.

She’d once heard someone at a party — so long ago she didn’t remember when or who; she and Marvin hadn’t been out in years — tell how he’d run over a nest of baby rabbits. His graphic description of the dismembered bodies nauseated her. And made her afraid of mowing.

A petite woman, Joy wasn’t strong enough to subdue the behemoth. She…