It was so still that at a first glance you mistook it for another tree.
Then it began to walk towards you.
Running wasn't an option, there was still the chance that it hadn't spotted you yet.
It was your good fortune to be wearing clothes that blended in with autumnal foliage.
The outskirts of the forest were a good ten miles away but beyond that stood civilisation.
Surely something living this far in wouldn't follow you into the town?
As you finally made up your mind to head for the safety of other people, you looked left.
It had stopped walking and was now standing right beside you.
From the treetops came the sound of it breathing heavily as if those few steps had exhausted it.
Hopefully it would be too tired to chase you when you decided to run.
If you could persuade your legs to move and not collapse when danger it literally beside you.
Anything that wouldn't draw attention to you, not when it was so very close.
Then it began to walk towards you.
Running wasn't an option, there was still the chance that it hadn't spotted you yet.
It was your good fortune to be wearing clothes that blended in with autumnal foliage.
The outskirts of the forest were a good ten miles away but beyond that stood civilisation.
Surely something living this far in wouldn't follow you into the town?
As you finally made up your mind to head for the safety of other people, you looked left.
It had stopped walking and was now standing right beside you.
From the treetops came the sound of it breathing heavily as if those few steps had exhausted it.
Hopefully it would be too tired to chase you when you decided to run.
If you could persuade your legs to move and not collapse when danger it literally beside you.
Anything that wouldn't draw attention to you, not when it was so very close.
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