The City and the Old Woman Who Lives in the Woods
(Image source: pexels.com) The old woman walked into the main street, and chaos gripped her like a thief with a knife. She trembled and stood frozen for a moment on the sidewalk. Three teenagers, their eyes on their phones, almost knocked her to the ground as they passed. The rushing stream of cars and bikes gave her vertigo. For a moment, she believed that she had entered a fatal phase in her life. “I will die here like a canary that comes into contact with an electric line.” She had not set foot out of her cottage in the woods and into civilisation for many years. After her husband passed, she made herself into a recluse. They had no children. A man in the nearest village brought her groceries and an occasional DVD from the cable store. She loved to watch musicals and cartoons. In another life that seemed ten lives ago, she was a rich farm owner. She had many horses and a bustling farm. People came to buy her produce and work for her. She had cows. She made cheese an...
