🐾 Bean’s Corner

The Case of the Missing Dairy Product

Good afternoon.

It is I. Bean.

Today I witnessed something fascinating.

One member of the Herd announced a crisis.

Not a fire.

Not a flood.

Not an intruder.

A dairy product.

Apparently, a small white delicacy had gone missing from the Cold Box.

The human declared, “I’m about to freak out.”

Over cheese.

I observed quietly from my tower.

The thumbs began tapping.

Messages were sent.

The Herd responded with concern and confusion.

Some claimed no recollection of seeing the dairy item.

Suspicion floated lightly in the air.

The cheese did not respond.

Humans are remarkable creatures.

If food disappears in my world, I wait.

Food reappears. It always does.

Usually in a bowl.

Humans, however, escalate.

They announce.

They speculate.

They text the entire pack.

I noticed something else.

Earlier in the day, there were heavier matters swirling in the air. Change. Weather. Feelings. Big human things.

Yet when the cheese went missing?

All focus shifted.

And just like that, the energy changed.

Laughter.

Ridiculousness.

Shared confusion.

Sometimes the Herd needs a small mystery to break the weight of bigger ones.

In the end, I learned this:

Humans panic when things disappear.

Even small things.

Especially small things.

But the world keeps turning.

The Cold Box remains.

And eventually… the dairy returns.

Or it doesn’t.

Either way, I will still be here.

Observing.

— Bean 🐾