In a house besieged lived a man and a woman. From where they cowed in the kitchen, the man and woman heard small explosions. “The wind,” said the woman. “Hunters,” said the man. “The rain,” said the woman. “The army,” said the man. The woman wanted to go home, but she was already home, there in the middle of the country in a house besieged.

Lydia Davis: In a house besieged