Monsters

Big and Small

Two days ago, I killed an African buffalo. He did not look at me like I owed him money, he looked at like me like he wanted to kill me. So, at about 40 feet I shot him in the face. Hemingway had done it with a 30-06, but by God I did it the cowboy way with a lever action 45-70. My man card, as they say, had been punched. That’s what I was thinking about…