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MyShootingExperience

1.Whomdidthespeakerfollowtoshoot?...

2.Howmanytimeshasthespeakereverbeenasportsman?...

3.Whatdidthespeakerthinkwhenheheardtheexplosion?Hethoughtthebird...

Ihaveneverbeenasportsman—or,rather,Ihavebeenasportsmanonlyonce,andthatwasthefirstandlasttime.Iwasachild,

andoneday,forsomereasonorother,Ifoundmyselfwithmyfather,whowasholdingaguninhishand,behindabush,watchingabirdthathadperchedonabranchnotveryfaraway.Itwasalarge,graybird—orperhapsitwasbrown—withalong—orperhapsashort—beak;Idon’tremember.IonlyrememberwhatIfeltatthatmomentasIlookedatit.Itwaslikewatchingananimalwhosevitalitywasrenderedmoreintensebytheveryfactofmywatchingitandoftheanimal’

snotknowingthatIwaswatchingit.Atthatmoment,Isay,thenotionofwildnessenteredmymind,neveragaintoleaveit:everythingiswildwhichisautonomousandunpredictableanddoesnotdependuponus.Thenallofasuddentherewasanexplosion;IcouldnolongerseethebirdandIthoughtithadflownaway.Butmyfatherwasleadingtheway,walkinginfrontofmethroughtheundergrowth.

Finallyhestoopeddown,pickedupsomething,andputitinmyhand.IwasawareofsomethingwarmandsoftandIloweredmyeyes:therewasthebirdinthepalmofmyhand;itsdangling,shatteredheadcrownedwithaplumeofalready-thickeningblood.Iburstintotearsanddroppedthecorpseontheground,andthatwastheendofmyshootingexperience.