On the wide-open prairie, where the grass bends to the wind and dusk paints the land in long shadows, stories become medicine. They teach us not just what to see, but how to see. The Rope in the Grass The young one walked home alone, boots brushing through dry grass. The sky was heavy with the last light, and each step sounded louder in the hush of evening. Suddenly, they stopped short, heart pounding. Just ahead, something coiled in the path: a snake, silent and still. The y