[Short-Short] "It is always darkest before the dawn." Our protagonist this time is an anteater. "Hard-boiled Zoo #35"

I went hiking with my friend.

But while I was busy finding and picking beautiful flowers, I got separated.

I tried to get back to the original path, but I ended up completely lost.

What should I do...

It's getting dark, and I'm getting hungry.

Thinking I should just head down the mountain path, I kept walking until I suddenly slipped and fell off a cliff.

I instinctively grabbed a tree branch. But my feet were dangling in the air.

I struggled to do something, swinging my body, and somehow managed to wrap my legs around the branch.

But I can't keep clinging to this branch forever. The night was getting deeper and deeper. It was becoming painful to hold on.

Will my friend look for me? I couldn't help but think that.

No, of course they must be calling for help and looking for me.

Why did I have to think such dark thoughts?

It's because of this dark night.
...A dark night without a single star. But,

it is always darkest before the dawn, as they say.

My friend will surely come to save me.
I believed that and decided to wait for the morning.

I dozed off and my body almost slipped from the branch. I instinctively gathered all my strength and clung to the branch.

The eastern sky is getting a little brighter.

That was when I heard my friend's voice calling my name in the distance.

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A quick note

"It is always darkest before the dawn" means that things are at their worst right before they get better. In other words, the worst moments are actually signs of an impending turn for the better.

That said, there are times when the worst feels like a bottomless pit, and it is difficult to determine where the bottom actually is.

But even when you think, "This is the worst!", if you don't give up like the anteater, you can overcome that situation, right?