Where the Mountain RisesChapter 29 Where We Belong
April 2046 Spring seemed like it would never arrive soon enough for Joshua to put his ingenuity and trap to the test. Patience, however, turned out to be the real test. By the end of April, after two weeks of meticulous observations and ruses to lure the hens and their poults, Matthew and Joshua lay in wait about twenty yards from the trap. The birds were nearby among a grove of trees foraging for something to satisfy a new craving. An hour passed and the sun started to rise over the...