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The Man With The Stony Heart
by Stephen Philip Druce

The man with the stony heart drove along the darkened lane and spotted road kill in the headlights - but he drove on.

A voice from the animal's spirit leapt into his conscience - "how could you leave me here?, why didn't you stop and place me under hedgerow with the dignity I deserve?".

The man ignored the voice, but the further he drove away the louder it became.

Instinctively he covered his ears with his hands and crashed.

The next morning a bus passed by the wreckage. The bus driver saw the dead man lying inside it but he drove on.

A voice from the dead man's spirit leapt into the bus driver's conscience - "how could you leave me here?, why didn't you stop?".

The bus driver replied - "there isn't a bus stop there".