freezing, eyes widening. utterly surprised and caught.
as he stares at it in disbelief.
something in him can't help but respond to the beauty.
thoughtful.  he glances at the hog pen as a huge sow squeals and angrily noses her young ones away from the trough so she can feed.
keeping one eye on mcelroy, he carefully begins to un-tie the trip rope.
he turns now to a door at the back of the pen. he un-hooks it, pulls it open, moves inside.
he steps through to the base of the ladder, then ducks beyond it into the silo. there is about two feet of old silage covering the floor. he turns, looks up the white walls.
very carefully he shoves the cowpen door . it begins to swing very slowly open. book immediately turns, darts back into the silo.