History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund

Author:Emily Fridlund [Fridlund, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780802189776
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Published: 2017-02-22T16:00:00+00:00

The sun kept shining and the wind kept blowing as we packed up the silver thermos and the Tupperware, the plastic cups we’d shaken out in the grass, the black cloth napkins. Patra and I put everything back in its compartment, in its loop of elastic, and shut up all the wicker doors. Patra’s hands were white, but she wanted to put everything away precisely and in order, so we did. Leo carried a listless Paul to the car. As we followed across the grass, children ran in circles around us, chucking food at the seagulls. The children were hatted, shiny with sunscreen, laughing uproariously at the predatory gulls. They craned their heads back, lost their hats in the wind. More and more of them gathered in the spot we’d left open on the grass, and above them, the flock of gulls continued to grow. The birds were ravenous, undiscriminating. When I turned around for one last look, I saw the kids were experimenting. They were tossing into the air popcorn pieces and wax cups, carrot sticks, packets of gum, coins from their parents’ pockets, handfuls of rock.

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