The Recreation of Animals, Part Four.

The Recreation of Animals, Part Four:

Her mother had told her stories about animals. Her mother’s generation was the last to actually live at the same time any animals lived. Most species had perished after the initial destruction, but some had survived. Her mother had seen a bird once, shriveled and dead in the snow. Her mother saw the dead bird and new that at one point, her and that bird had been alive together. It was the first encounter with an animal she had ever had. They had breathed the same air, they had seen the same sky.