The lawn was long overdue for a trim. Better get it done before it rains again, I told myself. I plugged my earbuds into my mp3 player. The tractor mower engine could get pretty loud. Those earbuds really helped me to block out the noise.
I got in one ride up and down the lawn when a huge gust of wind kicked up. I watched as it sent a curtain of maple tree seedling pods twirling down around me like an army of tiny angels. When the last one hit the ground I turned back to the grass.
Directly in front of me lay a massive branch. That wasn’t there a moment ago, I thought. The branch must have snapped off from the tree above me. With my music blaring in my ears, I didn’t hear it. If I hadn’t stopped to watch the “seedling angel show,” I’d have been hit hard!
I swiped my sleeve across my forehead and marveled at the little brown seed pods laying across the lawn. My seedling angels had flown down just in time.
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