Death in the Afternoon
From Katie: “The fox just ran through my plot, coming from the direction of your plot. It came through the fence just behind the hoop house, headed southwest to the creek.”
Reply: “Before we talked yesterday, I gathered up the dead but unmutilated chickens and laid them in a tote inside the run for burial today. When I arrived this morning they were strewn all over, all partially eaten. My deduction, based on the fact that their feet were still warm yesterday: I must have scared the fox off when I first came out, and he must have returned to finish the job after I left and before you sent the above text.”