3-1
IMAGINE IT GREW FAST
EVERY DAY, AND EACH
CHILD COULD HAVE
GROWN LARGER THAN
ITS PARENTS ON VARIED
DIET NEAR THE TREES;
DEVELOPMENT SLOWER ON
THE GRASSLANDS WHERE
THOSE WHO LIVED FAR
FROM FORESTS AND
JUNGLES LACKED
STEADY PROTEIN;
THOSE ANIMALS MAY HAVE
SCORCHED THE EARTH
AROUND DEN CLUSTERS;
NEAR TREES IMAGINE A
NATURAL SHARER THAT
COULD HAVE EVOLVED,
HEALTHY BABIES, NO
RUNTS, NO STILLBORNS;
COMMUNITY LIFE IN TREES,
LOVED TO PLAY, RUN
LIKE THE MUSTULIDAE,
THE WEASEL, THE OTTER,
THE WOLVERINE;
IT PROBABLY SLEPT IN PILES,
SOMETIMES DUG SOLO DENS
TO HAVE BABIES, THEN
CARRIED INFANTS INTO
TREES;
ITS GESTATION PERIOD COULD
HAVE BEEN LENGTHENING,
AND MAYBE IT HAD FEWER
BABIES PER LITTER;
STILL GROWING BIGGER EVERY
GENERATION, BODY SIZE
CATCHING UP TO BULKY LEGS;
IMPROVING EYES, EARS, AND NOSES
MAYBE MADE IT BECOME
HYPER-ALERT TO DANGER,

AND INTERESTED IN EVERYTHING,

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