Moptop, Cajun Mother, and Nole hiked across the meadows and through the forest, stopping to marvel at a large cave and mass of trees that roughly resembled the head of a bird. There were several of these strange structures--which seemingly occurred naturally--but one rose higher and larger than the rest. An aura of fear seemed to resonate from within. Cajun Mother stepped forward to investigate, but Moptop stopped her.
Nole pulled out a camera and began snapping photographs, but when Moptop looked through them, it became apparent that the photos were taken from angles which obscured the large "beak" of the trees that surrounded the cave.
"What were you thinking?" exclaimed Moptop, who grabbed the camera and began taking his own pictures.
Later, at their house, Moptop looked out the rear window and saw that the violent winds had taken a toll on the tree outside . . . instead of forming into the usual, spherical shape, the top of the tree now resembled a sideways teardrop, with many of the leaves charred and dead. Windburn, as it were.
Moptop retrieved the camera and prepared to take a photo of the damage, but, through the lens, he saw a body falling from the sky. Alarmed, Moptop looked up.
The body was Jack, who was quite alive and bouncing on a trampoline.
