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The Meadow at First Light

11 min · Field and river · Calm · Company

At the edge of a misty dawn meadow, a patient naturalist keeps her old habit of simply watching, and in the company of a gentle grey mare she notices how freely creatures of every kind keep company with one another, until she understands that belonging has never required sameness.

Retold from The Natural History of Selborne, by Gilbert White.

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Also in the podcast episode The Meadow at First Light.