2-2
REACHING AND CLIMBING,
RUNNING AND PLAYING,
OMNIVOROUS NEAR TREES,
ON THE PRAIRIES, IT
WOULD HAVE BEGUN TO
SCORCH EARTH AROUND
TUNNEL HEADS;
IT CAN HEAR! AND NEW
HEARING SENSE MAY
HAVE CAUSED ACTIVITY
IN THE BRAIN, MAYBE
CAUSING IT TO SPARK UP
ELECTRICALLY;
UP AGAINST TREES, LIMITLESS
FOOD SUPPLY, IT WOULD
HAVE HAD AN OMNIVOROUS
DIET, FEEDING ON PLANTS,
INSECTS, AND ANY OF THE
PREDATORS WOULD HAVE
BEEN CONSTANTLY
TRYING TO FEED ON IT;
STILL GROWING, MAYBE BADGER SIZE
MAYBE ITS RIBS WERE
FALLING AROUND ITS
BREASTBONE, GIVING
IT HUGE LUNGS TO GO
WITH ITS FREAKY LEGS;
HEARING, EYESIGHT AND SENSE
OF SMELL WERE IMPROVING,
REACHING, CLIMBING,
STRETCHING, PLAYING,
HUNTING, RUNNING,
IT WAS PROBABLY
INTERESTED IN
EVERYTHING;
IT MIGHT HAVE USED
DENS TO HAVE BABIES
THEN CLIMBED UP TO
THE BRANCHES FOR
COMMUNITY LIVING
IN PROTECTED PODS,
MAYBE SLEPT IN PILES
ON THE GROUND;
OCEAN RADAR MIGHT HAVE HELPED
IT BECOME HYPER ALERT
WHEN AWAKE AND STILL
A LITTLE AWARE WHEN SLEEPING;
ITS VISION WOULD CLEAR,
HEARING WOULD IMPROVE,
IT MIGHT HAVE NOTICED
LARGER BABIES IN
SMALLER LITTERS,
THEN PROTECTION OF BABIES
COULD HAVE BECOMES
ITS PRIMARY PURPOSE;
IMAGINE TRAITS OF MUSTULIDAE,
FELINE, CANINE, MONGOOSE,
RODENT MAKING A COMPLETE
MAMMAL;
IMAGINE IT FLOURISHING
NEAR THE JUNGLES
AND FORESTS ALL
OVER EARTH,
BABIES OF EACH LITTER
BIGGER, SMARTER, STRONGER,
FASTER THAN THOSE OF EACH
PREVIOUS LITTER, GROWING
TOWARDS A STATE OF WALKING
ON TWO BACK LEGS EVENTUALLY,

BUT NOT FOR MANY GENERATIONS;

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