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