each night, she digs a hole in the ground to sleep in. out here, where shelter is harder to come by, she has had to sleep out in the open more often. and that means more risk.

so she digs a hole and she gets inside and she pulls the dirt on top of her. she sleeps under earth. she hopes it is enough for them not to find her. if she is under earth, they will not take her when as she sleeps, she reasons. she hopes.

sometimes she stops digging and looks at the hole she has made. sometimes she realizes it is not a hole, but a grave. she has been digging her own grave and sleeping in it each night.