MelissaWV
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This is difficult for me to talk about, even after all of these years.
I was on a virtual hunting trip. The sky was blue, the trees were still and bright with fluffy green foliage. My gun was new and novel and I was ready to put it to use. The grass was high and would provide perfect cover for my prey.
I had a feeling that my wily opponent would break to my left, so I swung my weapon that way, ready to send dinner spiraling to its death out of the sky. Sure enough, a mallard broke cover and tried to dodge my first shot, but I scored a direct hit! Feeling overconfident, I killed duck after duck, my mind full of wonderful methods I could employ to feed not only my family, but friends and neighbors.
The ducks came faster, sometimes taking off in pairs to confound me, but I succeeded so often that I thought nothing of it when I turned my head aside to sneeze... just for a moment... just for a second. And then... AND THEN...
Sometimes I can still hear the dog's taunting laugh in my nightmares to this day.
I was on a virtual hunting trip. The sky was blue, the trees were still and bright with fluffy green foliage. My gun was new and novel and I was ready to put it to use. The grass was high and would provide perfect cover for my prey.
I had a feeling that my wily opponent would break to my left, so I swung my weapon that way, ready to send dinner spiraling to its death out of the sky. Sure enough, a mallard broke cover and tried to dodge my first shot, but I scored a direct hit! Feeling overconfident, I killed duck after duck, my mind full of wonderful methods I could employ to feed not only my family, but friends and neighbors.
The ducks came faster, sometimes taking off in pairs to confound me, but I succeeded so often that I thought nothing of it when I turned my head aside to sneeze... just for a moment... just for a second. And then... AND THEN...

Sometimes I can still hear the dog's taunting laugh in my nightmares to this day.