Marvel And a Wonder
“He grunted a little, lifting the white cattleman hat from his eyes, peering out into the darkness at the abstract, rectangular shapes rising from the edge of the highway, just beyond the yellow circles cast by the flickering headlights. Before bothering to even ask, he had the door open and was limping out, staring at the upturned trailer flung on its side, its door torn open, the horse gone. There was the man, the one who had been driving the other truck, squatting along the side of road, shak...ing his head, laughing a little to himself, out of his wits maybe, whistling at some far-off point in the distance. Jim followed the man’s gaze and saw a white streak passing across a wide-open field—saw, at once, that it was the mare, running off-kilter, one of its forelegs hitting the ground awkwardly, as if it did not trust its own step, though, somehow, the animal still appeared to be flying. The grandfather turned back and hurried toward the open door of the pale-blue pickup, seeing that the night in the distance had just begun to blossom with color—a smear of orange, then blue, then red—and the eastern sky, where he was now staring, already showing light.Back in the truck, the grandfather slammed the door behind him.MoreLess
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