The creature let the rock go out into the pond to float on the surface. It leaned back against a tree and let out a groan. Then it did nothing.

It did nothing for the rest of the day except pull things out of the log it carried and eat them. Why didn't it eat the flies buzzing in clouds around its head? Occasionally it threw away a dead frog and attached a live one in its place before throwing the thing back out into the pond.

The sun touched the trees when the red and white ...