Sleepy Fox Hollow sonnenaufgang

anselm did not speak. mahler watched his son exchange this long moment with the animal. there was a great reverence about the child, the blissful ignorance of a wolf cub who does not yet know the blood and violence of the hunt. the innocence, then, of looking at one's prey and not yet comprehending the sense of enemy transmitted by your own presence.
it was imperative, mahler decided, that children understand from where things came.
and that they were also given their moments of deep and vast marvel around the natural world, and the growing comprehension that they too were part of it.
the gargoyle remained quiet.