I saw a beautiful spider web, glowing in the sun. Thought it would make a nice photo, so I grabbed the camera and wandered over.
What do I see but a small dragonfly, hanging by a single thread.
So, I plucked him off and chatted him up. After pulling off the big pieces, the remaining problem was one remaining sticky thread, wrapped around his wing, like you'd put a tie around a scroll.
Seemed a simple solution: just pull off or cut off that thread. - But the the entire diameter of the rolled wing was only maybe 2 or 3 millimeters. My finger wasn't going to do it - not going to fit into that 2-millimeter slot.
After a while, he suggested that I might use the blade of my little key-chain knife, which has a nice angular point. I agreed.
He was a bit concerned at first, and pulled away. Finally, with a little bravery on his part, and some careful juggling on mine, we managed to slice the cable.
His wing spread out full after a bit, then he just rested.
I felt tongue-tied.
It seemed there should be more to say.
It took him longer than I thought it should, but finally, I just lifted my hand, and he flew off.
I wondered about what I'd done.
How many smaller creatures would be eaten by this one, as a result of my act?
Of what use, compassion?
3 comments:
"Giant God-Creature Saved by Tiny Being"
Alan, it's more than you might think. If you hadn't seen the spider than you wouldn't have experienced what God wanted you to see and then, of course, you wouldn't have written of it. Of what use? Your compassion shows. Compassion given to all things helps others understand and see through your eyes. Thank you. And because you wrote this giving experience, I share my own story in Mommy's Writings. Such experiences help to uplift the human existence.
Suzanne McMillen-Fallon, Published Author
www.strategicbookpublishing.com/Mommy, would you like a sandwich?
Maybe you got to expand your "sight." That is enough.
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