Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Saucer Eyes

by Marlon

When I was four years old we moved to a house by the river, most of the area around the house was still a forest and the only way to get to the house from the main road is through a gravel path beside the riverbank. At that time, the path had no lights and it was a good 50 meters long. One night my mother and her cousin stayed out late to watch a movie. Coming home, they had to walk very slowly trying to stay in the middle of the road. It was pitch black and the only light is from the night sky cutting through the treetops and some reflected ambient light coming from the river. Midway, they were stopped in their tracks because of strange lights blocking the path. They lights were small pairs of cold shiny spots. The whole path was blocked. Pairs in varying heights and brightness were “staring” at them. As my mother would tell it, they were as big as saucers. My mother and her cousin were so scared they stood frozen for some time. Then mustering courage they walked inched by inched, all the while reciting Psalms 23 (“The Lord is my shepherd…”). When they got close enough to the lights, they realized they were cow’s eyes. Yes, cows. Their eyes glow in the dark. We never did find out who left that many cows that night, on the gravel path, on the way to our house.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Oh my God. Sobra naman ako natawa dun sa Psalm 23 while approaching the saucer-eyed cows. = )