Episode #32: 2 Christopher - Chapter 11 - Rolling Weed

Jan,15 2026

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On the arrival of the rolling weed, and paths left open on purpose

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It began with movement.

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At first, only one or two,

rolling clumsily across bare ground.

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Children laughed

and chased them.

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Christopher watched

and did not smile.

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Within weeks,

they came in number.

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They gathered against fences,

pressed against walls,

and piled like drifted snow.

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Men cursed them

and spoke of burning everything at once.

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Christopher said,

"Not yet."

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He walked the fields

and marked empty lanes

between the plots.

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Some protested,

"You are wasting ground."

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Christopher replied,

"I am giving the wind somewhere to go."

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He ordered the lanes kept bare,

packed hard,

and cleared often.

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When the tumbleweed rolled,

it followed the emptiness.

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There, it could be cut,

broken,

or burned safely

when the air was still.

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A man asked,

"How did you know they would gather?"

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Christopher answered,

"Anything that rolls

seeks what does not resist."

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Another asked,

"Why not fence them out?"

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He replied,

"A fence only teaches them where to stop."

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He said,

"Fire must be invited,

not surprised."

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So they burned in narrow places,

early in the morning,

when the wind still slept.

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The fires did not spread.

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And the fields did not burn.

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Some called this luck.

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Christopher called it patience.

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That season,

the town learned

that emptiness,

placed wisely,

can be a defense.

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