Cutting Scenes - The Fine Line

dining room, where his wide smile soon faded, when he looked
around the room, which was devoid of even a single ant. It was
as if someone had taken a vacuum cleaner and sucked them all
away, but, as he searched for one, he could plainly see that
there was no such household appliance in the room.
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THE SECRET
God made all the creatures and gave them our love and our fear,
To give sign, we and they are his children, one family here.
—Robert Browning, Saul. St. vi.
Betty Ross sprinkled the water onto the flowers and smiled,
as several bees flitted about pollinating first one than the
other of the white and red roses. She nodded at her neighbor, as
the woman approached her, eying the bees warily. “Oh hello
Missus O’Brien,” she said, smiling.
“Oh, call me Emily please—Betty?”
“Well alright then—Emily.”
“God—how can you stand these bees? Oh my God. Emily O’Brien
put her hands above her head and began fluttering them
noiselessly, flailing in exasperation as several bees, sensing
her fear and frustration, began swarming around her.
“Oh, Emily, please just stand still and forget about them
and then they’ll leave you alone.”
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