By Evening, All the Cows Had Left

I drove by a field the other day out here in Iowa, and I saw a strange sight. A mirror stood in the field, leaned up against a fence. A herd of cows mingled nearby. As I watched, a cow walked up to the mirror and then stepped right through it and disappeared. A few minutes later another followed. One by one, they each went through the mirror. By evening, the cows had all left. I then went up to the mirror myself and tried to walk through but I couldn’t. It was just a mirror, reflecting the field and sky and me.

I have to admit I was disappointed. I didn’t know where it led, but I wanted to go there. When I returned the next day, the mirror too was gone.

Things are never what they seem.

Pete Hendley

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