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Just a random moment on my walk home through the forest.
I assume it blew away from someone, somewhere, perhaps the camp nearby.
But it had this weird sadness about it…deflated, jammed in under a fallen tree, on a rainy and grey afternoon as light was starting to fade.
What child is missing their ball? Did they lose it? Or was it discarded?
Does anyone miss the ball?
Did it blow out of some yard nearby and have a cool journey until it arrived in the forest and succumbed to some random sharp stick?
Was it escaping from an abusive home?
Was it just curious about the wider world around it and couldn’t adapt to the wilds?
We will never know.