Mystery in the Shire

There are mysteries here in the woods. For example ...

What creature might have crept quietly through the night 

and chewed the exposed root of the fig tree?  

Or the trunk of the pine sapling?

Maybe it was the doe that came clopping down the street
in the early morning and then disappeared
into the woods across the way.

Or what might one find as they pass through this arbor

and round the gentle curve into the garden?

What woodland creatures might dwell inside of here?

Hmmm ..... sometimes it's better not to know!

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