Forgotten by time, the Amphibian, lived in a natural cave at the bottom of an un-named lake in the Cascade Mountains. At one time there were others of its kind, but now there remained only one.
The Amphibian's diet consisted of fish and other water animals that wandered into the cave. Sometimes, one of the odd surface creatures found the cave. The creature didn't care for the vocal sounds the surface creatures made and their bones were large and hard to digest.
After a time, the fish that wandered into the cave became less numerous and the Amphibian grew hungry. One night, the creature left the cave and swam to the surface. The creature breathed in the cool night air with lungs that had not been used in years.
The Amphibian noticed a light on the shore of the lake and swam toward it. Several of the surface creatures were around the light. The creature reasoned that one or two of the surface creatures should supply enough food for a while.
The surface creatures began making their vocal sounds when they saw him. The Amphibian grabbed one in its jaws and began taking it back to the cave. The other surface creatures continued their sounds and then there was a new sound followed by a searing pain in the Amphibian's side.
The new sound came again and again and the Amphibian knew that he was terribly injured. Dropping the surface creature, he made his way back to the cave.
The Amphibian missed those of his kind. Perhaps if some of the others had survived things would have been different, but now all that was over. There was no room anymore for the old ones. The world now belonged to those that came after.
The Amphibian's diet consisted of fish and other water animals that wandered into the cave. Sometimes, one of the odd surface creatures found the cave. The creature didn't care for the vocal sounds the surface creatures made and their bones were large and hard to digest.
After a time, the fish that wandered into the cave became less numerous and the Amphibian grew hungry. One night, the creature left the cave and swam to the surface. The creature breathed in the cool night air with lungs that had not been used in years.
The Amphibian noticed a light on the shore of the lake and swam toward it. Several of the surface creatures were around the light. The creature reasoned that one or two of the surface creatures should supply enough food for a while.
The surface creatures began making their vocal sounds when they saw him. The Amphibian grabbed one in its jaws and began taking it back to the cave. The other surface creatures continued their sounds and then there was a new sound followed by a searing pain in the Amphibian's side.
The new sound came again and again and the Amphibian knew that he was terribly injured. Dropping the surface creature, he made his way back to the cave.
The Amphibian missed those of his kind. Perhaps if some of the others had survived things would have been different, but now all that was over. There was no room anymore for the old ones. The world now belonged to those that came after.
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