A bird, a boy, a swan lady, and a skillful skater!

In my prayer walks this morning, I was amused by the behavior of a bird walking on the street wire.

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It was four or five times bigger than a finch; it flew from the ground and rested on the street wire above me.

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It walked sideways to get near to its companion bird, balancing itself so carefully, lest it falls!

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As if it never knew how to fly!
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I am amused by a young boy who passed by me, walking by the edge of the seawall as I have been standing close to the edge.

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I greeted him and followed him with my eyes as he was walking away from me.
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After each few steps, the boy would look back and smile to see me still looking and smiling at him until he was far away.

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A young woman sat on the seawall's edge so poised and dignified as a swan that when a big splash of the waves caught her back and her white, soft pajama, I laughed!
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I laughed more when she turned to leave.
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Her lower back black undergarment was seen through!
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God, forgive me.
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I am now here at the wharf sitting under the imperfect full moon and almost surrounded by a moving, moon-lit sea.
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It tickled me to see a rollerskating young man displaying his skills here.
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First, forward; second, backward; third, falling flat!
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