In the middle of the garden path, I found a little mouse. Feet in the air. What fate had befallen them? I called my friend, who was gathering vegetables nearby. She dug a hole in the earth and offered some beautiful flowers from her garden. Together we laid them on the fresh earth, as the warm autumn light fell on the colourful petals.

Two days later, I found a little shrew in the middle of the paved path. Feet in the air. What fate had befallen them? I re-dug the hole in the earth and laid her down under the flowers. Quietly I watched the afternoon sun, the light a little darker already.