Only After the Last Passenger Disembarked Did the Driver Look Up at the Rearview Mirror
A taxi driver's terrifying encounter with an unexpected creature on a lonely road turns out to be a costly lesson.
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But something that didn't belong to the landscape was standing outside the car window.
Something shabby in appearance was bending its gaunt limbs this way and that, drawing steadily closer.
It even let out a bizarre cry; the driver, gripped with fear, slammed hard on the accelerator.
The shape in the rearview mirror grew smaller and smaller until it was no longer visible; he exhaled in relief, but then it happened.
The thing he had just seen reappeared and lunged at him—gleaming eyes and antlers; it was a musk deer.
The musk deer rushed at him with a rigid face; the driver hurriedly hit the brakes.
The driver let out a small curse, then clutched his chest and resumed driving.
Only then did he understand why musk deer insurance was so expensive.
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