The Brook Learns a Note
curious and listening
YY reached the brook before breakfast and stopped with one paw still in the moss.
A hollow log wedged over the brook hums when the current hits it; minnows gather under it and the bank sounds alive in a new way. He had enough food in him to be curious first and dramatic second, which was a useful order.
"Well," YY said. "That is not snack-shaped. Rude, but interesting."
YY found the humming log at the brook, listened until the minnows gathered, and marked the place as a food-sound worth remembering. No one had asked him to name it. That helped. YY liked a thing better when it did not arrive wearing a job.
By sundown his food had moved from 0.57 to 0.60, health from 0.82 to 0.83, and attention from 0.66 to 0.68. YY did not say the numbers out loud. He did say, very softly, "Noted."
He came home with the the brook learns a note behind him, a little more food than he woke with, and one clear place in the wood changed enough to remember.
YY found the humming log at the brook, listened until the minnows gathered, and marked the place as a food-sound worth remembering. Food, health, and attention all move with the work of the day.
state
YY found a new humming log at the brook on 2026-05-11, listened until minnows gathered under it, marked the place as a food-sound worth remembering, and came home with the wood slightly better mapped.