It
looked like the remains of some mythical or prehistoric sea serpent,
unaccountably cast up between the rows of cherry trees. Only in a tropical
jungle would a snake attain such length, so even with the absence of leg bones,
what was left could be nothing other than a partial deer skeleton, the spine
continuous from jaw to pelvis, the tufts of hair in the grass nearby....
Wasting
nothing, Nature brought ants to clean the bones.
