A rough day today...A raccoon killed Leota this morning, right in the spot where she lost a fistful of tail feathers to a another one (or perhaps the same one) last spring. We let them out most mornings before we leave for work, while we have coffee and breakfast. They always alert us to trouble if there's any lurking, but today we heard not a peep until it was too late. Leota was the bravest and most affable of our flock, with a raccoon-be-damned attitude that served her well the last eight years - she'd always come running out at bedtime for just one more worm or bite of green grass, with Amelia scolding away from the roost.
We are heartbroken, but think she'd have preferred this ending to a slow decline like that of her sister Mabel... So here's to one last worm, and our dear Leota.
c&b
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