Sunday, March 16, 2008

Harry, pay attention!

A couple of things I've been working on in my random time.

EXT. OUTDOORS. DAY.
HARRY IS LEADING A LOCAL NATURE GROUP ON A WALK IN THE WOODS AND LECTURING AND NARRATING ON VARIOUS NATURAL PHENOMENA.
HARRY:
Man was once a part of this. We used to be living in the bushes just like animals, eating twigs and berries. Our primordial instincts are still here, of course, but the absurdity of the modern human condition has dulled our ability to kill and forage for meat.
YOUNG BOY SCOUT:
What’s the best way to catch to animals?
HARRY:
Well, why do you want to catch them?
YOUNG BOY SCOUT:
So we can kill them!
ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE GROUP SEEM TO AGREE WITH THIS SENTIMENT.
HARRY:
No, no, why would you want to kill nature? Nature’s like the endless bounty that we’re all living off of.
MAN 1:
What, so if some crazy bear started attacking you in the woods, are you saying you wouldn’t want to kill the bear first so that you wouldn’t have to worry about him coming after you in the future?
HARRY:Why, did I offend him or something, why’s he coming after me?
MAN 1: Well, he’s hungry, he’s--
HARRY: And why does the bear have to be crazy? Why can’t he be like Yogi Bear or the Coca-Cola bears or something, just sitting around drinking coke and stealing food?
NONE OF THE PEOPLE SEEM TO HAVE AN ANSWER TO THIS.
EXT. OUTDOORS. DAY.
HARRY IS IN THE WATCHTOWER WITH A PAIR OF BINOCULARS.
HARRY: It’s about, uh,
HE CHECKS HIS WATCH
5:43 P.M. right about now, and we’re waiting for a confirmation sighting of the very rare Great White Owl. Some of the local townspeople have reported a very large predatory bird attacking cats and small dogs.
CUT TO:
EXT. OUTDOORS. DAY.
THERE ARE SEVERAL LOCALS TALKING EXCITEDLY ABOUT THE OWL THAT THEY SAW.

The balance between Man and Nature has been somewhat blurred in recent years as man has become ever more invasive and technologically advanced. No longer are there reaches of the globe where animals may hide from Man, for he is, truly, everywhere.
Throughout my life, many people have asked me what exactly it is that attracts me to the Natural World of animals? To that query, I would respond that it is the simplistic nature of the Natural World. Eat, sleep, breed, kill, and so forth. Instintive lives, indeed. No confusion about picking a career, having to pay bills, and so forth.
To understand the unique relationship between human and animal, we have decided to invite local naturalist Josiah Milne. Mr. Milne has been an observer of nature and the like.

(I will work on more when I find the time.)

2 Comments:

Anonymous ワンピース said...

ワンピースの物知り自慢を争ってみませんか?なんか海賊王争いみたいで良いでしょう。ちょっとレアな問題とかも出ますが、結果によってはレアな称号、ヒグマ山賊団の頭の称号が手に入るかもって、いらないかな

11:50 PM  
Anonymous ワンピース said...

今人気のワンピースチェッカーを使って楽しみませんか?あなたの海賊度ランクが表示されますよ。いつでも使えて楽しいよ

12:40 AM  

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