The
Painter
of
the
Night
Someone
called
in
a
report
that
she
had
seen
a
man
painting
in
the
over
by
the
pond.
A
police
car
was
dispatched
to
go
investigate.
The
two
officers
with
their
flashlights
walked
all
around
the
pond,
but
found
nothing
suspicious.
hatcher
was
the
younger
of
the
two,
he
said
to
Johnson,
"What
do
you
think
he
was
painting?"
Johnson
looked
bemused
and
said,
"The
stupid.
What
else
could
he
have
been
painting?"
Hatcher,
a
little
hurt,
said,
"Frogs
in
the
Dark,
pads
in
the
Dark,
Pond
in
the
Dark.
Just
as
many
things
exist
in
the
dark
as
do
in
the
light."
Johnson
paused,
exasperated.
Then
Hatcher
added,
"I'd
like
to
see
them.
Hell,
I
even
buy
one.
Maybe
there's
more
out
there
than
we
know.
We
are
the
police,
after
all.
need
to
know."