It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

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It was a dark and stormy night. The forest was filled with a chorus of yells, squeals, and groans. The groundhogs rushed around in panic, stepped on the hedgehogs and with the yells of a sudden fright jumped high above the ground hitting the crowns of trees and causing the acorns to cascade on the ground below exploding.

The water in a creek boiled as the schools of iridescent fish rushed hither and thither, squalling and producing the areas of turbulence with their broad tails. In their eyes was some longing to understand. Some fish leaped out and exploded high in the air with a blossom of colorful fireworks. Red and green shining sparkles peppered the darkness of forest slowly fading with moaning and giggles.

The moose stared with his wild and stunned eyes uncomprehendingly in front of him, seeing how the patches of purple moss fluttered among the trees combining themselves into the shapes of elephants. Purple elephants were spreading their wings and trumpeting victoriously ascended to the dark and stormy sky dissolving into pink and fluffy clouds.

The stars crushed all around the sky leaving scintillating traces. The sky was crisscrossed with a gossamer of light traces, and the thunderclouds, dark and ponderous, floated slowly through the night, murmuring the words of the song in Finnish. Bolts of lightning were followed by the loud explosions of thunderclaps, and the huge snails, crawling out of their lairs, pressed their palms to the ears and screamed in delight. Everything was stirring and uncertain.

The moose walked along the path, unsteady, staggering and stumbling. Lightning bolts smashed the ground, trees, and shrubbery to his left and right, producing the clouds of sawdust. The hedgehogs, raccoons, and squirrels ran in random directions, stumbling into each other. The moose saw how his antlers grew bigger. Some small creatures moved on his antlers. They were nervous and disturbed. Some drove the cars and heavy trucks. The highways were choked with traffic. The piercing sounds of honking and sirens filled the space.

The huge shining snakes crawled along the trunks of the trees, illuminating the night with red, orange, yellow, pink glimpses of misty radiance. The curious heads of beavers protruded from the ground. The thick fog crept through the forest, emanating a strange green light. Whenever this fog passed, everything had become strange. Some melancholic music played in the dark sky above. The translucent sheets of polar lights swiftly passed through it