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• W4245122010 abstract "FICTION A FeastA^ Jeff Spitzer I had come to the Great Smoky Mountains to think about my life. Nearsighted , overweight, feeling unmanly at age fifty, I wanted more than the daily grind in my colorless modem office, where every object had the shape ofa rectangle. Something vague and essential had never touched me, or had quietly slipped away. In the Smokies I began each day with a stroll through the lush green valley known as Cades Cove. One morning I came upon a small, silverhaired woman wearing a baseball cap and the grim look of a battlefield commander. Her tanned, hoe-handled legs bolted out ofkhaki shorts into muddy hiking boots. Binoculars as long as her forearms hung to her waist. Nearby, a telescope on a tripod was aimed at the surrounding woods. There! she barked, pointing at a speck darting in and out of the treetops. Did you see it? Carolina chickadee. She checked offa box on a printed list. Their numbers have been down, but they seem to be making a comeback. I don't know much about birds, I confessed, but I'm willing to learn. The speck had temporarily vanished. There he is again! And there's another. Where? She followed the birds' flightwith her finger. So far she had not needed the binoculars. Oh, yes, I agreed, wondering ifI had seen two birds or just floaters, a common problem for nearsighted people. Lilian Templeton, she said, offering me a brusque handshake. She spoke in a gruff, masculine voice, completelyinconsistentwith her diminutive stature. JeffSpitzer lives in Columbus, Ohio, with his wife and two children. 21 I introduced myself with a smile, which was not returned. Ms. Templeton now used her binoculars to scan the trees. I keep hearing a nuthatch, she said, but where is he? What does it look like? I passed a futile gaze over the woods. She didn't answer. The binoculars fastened onto spot after spot in the long treeline. Ms. Templeton's mouth curved resolutely down. There! No. Yes. There! Hear it? Whi-whi-whi. Little rascal, where are you? I heard onlyan avian medley coming from everywhere. Ms. Templeton peered through the telescope but was disappointed. Follow me, she instructed. She stepped like a Clydesdale through the high, wet, sweet-smelling grass and weeds. Only once did she pause to admire two Japanese beetles mating on a leaf. I offered to carry the telescope, but she assured me it wasn't a problem. Oh, look! I cried out. Four birds soared erratically above us. Ms. Templeton never raised her head. Red-eyed vireos, she muttered. They're all over. Oh, I said. She led me through a patch of weeds that rose above her head. We climbed a little knoll, from which she expected a better view, and she searched the woods again with mounting urgency. The sun had burned offthe early mist. I wiped a drop ofperspiration from my glasses. I'll find you, Mr. Nuthatch, she vowed, and plunged ahead toward the trees. I followed obediently. Without diverting her gaze, she pointed out the small, purple flowers of spiderwort and cautioned me about a clump of poison ivy. She discovered some blackberry briers covertly intermingled in a hundred weeds, and I took a moment to sample the ripe berries. They were tart and delicious. There's the nuthatch! she suddenly cried. She confirmed it with the binoculars. Two ofthem. See them creeping down the trunk? Nuthatches can move upside-down. She handed me the binoculars and checked off white-breasted nuthatch as I focused on the litde birds. It's a male and a female, she said. How can you tell? Look at the crowns. The male's is darker. I studied the birds until they worked their way to the opposite side of the tree. I couldn't tell, I said, and gave her back the binoculars. 22 For the first time she smiled. It takes practice. Don't be discouraged . Not at all. Pm having fun. Let's see ifwe can find something easier, she said, and we pushed on through the vast meadow. A stream, studded with rocks, flowed across our path. Ms. Templeton found..." @default.
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