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DAY 3123 June 5, 2021

DAY 3123 June 5, 2021
Use these words in your post today in response to this question: Did I really see that? ornithopter which is a bird-like archaic flying machine, quern is a stone mill worked by hand, trochomancy is divination by studying wheel tracks.


"Did I really see that?" the policeman said as I described to him what I saw.

"Yes," I answered confidently," Yes... I did see that. I'm sure it was some sort of ornithopter, or something like that."

The police officer looked at me as his hand raised up and tipped his hat towards the back part of his head. His eyes focused on me, the look on his face was one of confusion.

"So, you are telling me that you were standing where when you saw this thing?" he asked once again.

I shook my head because I am having to explain it again for the fourth or fifth time.

"Look," I said in a rather upset tone of voice," I was standing over there... by that quern!"

"What is a quern?" the officer questioned.

"You see that stone over there with the handle on it and the hole in the middle of it?"

I pointed over into the darker area of the yard, over by the pile of dirt it was sitting on.

"Yes?" the policeman answered as he turned around to look.

"That's where I was when I looked up and saw it."

"Hey sarge!" a voice came from the darkness around them.

The policemen shined his flashlight that was tucked under his arm towards where another officer was standing.

"I think these tracks here in the mud, over here, may give us some much-needed answers!" he said as he stepped out of the mudded area.

"Those tracks have nothing to do with this," I informed the other officer to no avail.

"They look fresh," the young officer said as he turned around and knelt to look closer at them, " They look like they carried something heavy."

"No, they aren't fresh, you idiot," I interrupted him," Those were made by that cart over there..."

I pointed to the cart around the backside of the barn.

"And they were made three days ago," I informed him," The mud is still wet that's why they look like that."

He stood up and looked at me.

"So, you are into trochomancy, now huh?" the officer said.

"No," I continued," I know because I pushed the cart and made the tracks, myself. Ask the farmhand other there, He helped me do it."

"Ok, ok!" the Sargent said," We are done here! Pack it up, Brewster. I got the report written, but I wouldn't expect much to come of it."

The two police officers got back in their car and drove away just as I caught sight of the anomaly once again following them as they left.

"Aren't they going to have some explaining to do tomorrow?"