- ADOETTE DENS

the rafters of the old barn turn sharply and veer off into square angles in the middle of nowhere - subsequently creating smaller, closed off sections. long ago, some farmer dragged plywood boards over the lower sections of the rafters - perhaps to stop leakage from reaching the ground, and rotting the hay? - creating a "floor". it's flimsy, but over the years, it's stiffened and its joints have swollen with water, until, now, it is lodged firmly in its resting place. It's about twenty feet from the ground. the dogs reach it by climbing up the haystacks, and when one falls, it's only into the soft straw cushioning the floor below. hay is brought to this "second floor" regularly by obedient sunkis filling out apprentice duty, and the adoettes use the stuff to make soft, cosy nests high in the rafters. a window - the very window which the migisi sleep by - filters light to those nearer the northern end of the barn, while those favoring darkness can choose to sleep in the farther back corners. there's plenty of room, high up in the ceiling, and the only dogs higher are the winemas.