Perplexing

Had he not stopped in that exact spot, it would never have happened.

On the day of the incident, he had been on one of his many forest walks. Over the years, these sojourns, took him away from his busy life as the owner of several new-car sales yards, to places of peace and tranquillity. He had visited many such densely wooded places in countries around the world, always returning to his office completely refreshed and invigorated. On this occasion, wandering deeply into a large forest far from his home country, he had settled down for a break. His knapsack always contained a bottle of water, a container of peanuts, another with small cubes of cheese, a chocolate bar and a compass, as an absolute minimum. He sat on an open, leafy patch of dead leaves, eating, drinking and checking his compass when he felt something beneath the heel of his boot. It seemed to be something flat and solid. Brushing the leaves away and scratching deeper with his fingertips, he unearthed a stone plaque. It was a round, flat rock that had strange markings etched into it.

To discover a thing of this sort in such an isolated place was strange enough, but to find it engraved in that manner was even more perplexing. The characters that looked like letters, seven in all, were crudely formed with straight lines, with none of them repeated. There seemed to be a break between the first four and the following three.

After spending several minutes, he was sure he had correctly interpreted the two sets of markings. It made no sense whatsoever that the words were ‘blue car’. Naturally, the fact that he made his living from the world of selling automobiles didn’t escape his attention. He stood for a while trying to take it all in. He would never be able to explain what had motivated him to step on to it at that moment. Nevertheless, that’s what he did.

With an instant flash of light, blinding sunlight, the forest was gone…

He was now standing in a large graveyard. It was a bright day with the sound of traffic nearby. Shaken badly by the experience, he made his way along the outer fencing until he found his way out.

He was outside the gated entrance to the cemetery, reading its name when the vehicle mounted the pavement and ran him down.

It was not at all surprising that the car that caused the fatality was blue.

It seems to be the case that the sudden impact of it had caused him to fall out of bed.

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