Button in the Fabric of Time
“With my heart pounding, I squinted, placed my thumb on the blue section and rubbed. The button; it emitted a high-pitched hum, and immediately, I was standing in a beautiful park. This is not what I had expected!
Something must have gone wrong! Nine hundred years ago, this was a city that had been devastated by an atomic blast! Now, green vegetation grew everywhere, and there was not a soul in sight.
Animals of every type grazed verdant meadows, birds filled the air, and squirrels played in the trees . . . but there was something different about these animals. Lions and wolves were mingling with sheep and cows, and the grazing animals seemed unafraid.
Prepared to zap out of danger, I walked slowly toward the animals, expecting them to run away. But they didn’t run away, they were running toward me. As a farm boy, I could tell when an animal intended to harm me. But there was nothing threatening about the behavior of these animals. Even though I knew they meant me no harm, it was still... difficult to remain calm, with an adult lion running at me.MoreLess
Something must have gone wrong! Nine hundred years ago, this was a city that had been devastated by an atomic blast! Now, green vegetation grew everywhere, and there was not a soul in sight.
Animals of every type grazed verdant meadows, birds filled the air, and squirrels played in the trees . . . but there was something different about these animals. Lions and wolves were mingling with sheep and cows, and the grazing animals seemed unafraid.
Prepared to zap out of danger, I walked slowly toward the animals, expecting them to run away. But they didn’t run away, they were running toward me. As a farm boy, I could tell when an animal intended to harm me. But there was nothing threatening about the behavior of these animals. Even though I knew they meant me no harm, it was still... difficult to remain calm, with an adult lion running at me.MoreLess
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