The Kitty Trail

I went for a walk on the 'Kitty Trail' yesterday evening around sunset. It had been a hot day in a whole string of hot days and it was finally cool enough to be outside for any length of time. The 'Kitty Trail' is a little trail that goes up a little knoll in front of our house and then looks down the other side on the valley below. I gave it that name because I used to have kitties who would go on walks with me, and that's usually the way we went. Now days, I take the trail mostly by myself (lazy kitties). Anyway, last evening as I was walking to the top of the knoll I noticed small foot prints in the sandy soil. They were evenly spaced and about a foot and a half apart. Then I suddenly noticed that the tracks were spaced about four feet apart. I couldn't imagine how a small person, possibly an older child, could have such a long stride. Just at that moment I heard a very high pitched buzzing and noticed that my head was engulfed in a huge swarm of flying insects. They were buzzing in my ears and trying to go up my nose. I began swatting and as I ran I realized that my foot steps matched the tracks on the trail, the ones that were four feet apart.