Nov 18, 2012 10:08
There was a rabid mountain lion on the ranch. It looked normal -- but would then puff out its fur much like an ill bird its feathers.
I was going from one side of the fence to the other. Not right.
Someone passed me a lever-action rifle to take the shot. (It's the rifle you see in Western films -- if you have seen a Western...)
I sighted, squeezed the trigger...and nothing.
Whoever passed it to me passed it uncocked, and as such rifles are single action, there is no result to pulling the trigger.
The cat disappeared.
dream