WHERE DID IT GO?

How very amusing it is to see a human walking in a public place, suddenly stop in its tracks, search franticly and worriedly through an enormous carry-bag or leather rectangular case of some sort. If they find what they are looking for, they relax and continue on their way. If not, they go on looking even more worried. It appears that they are not searching for an item which is required for immediate use, but for something that they just happened to think of and want to make sure it is where it should be.

[Sheena says that she was once walking with a woman companion in a large city who suddenly stopped and performed this action. A mounted policeman was at the curb and his horse suddenly tried to mount the curb in a frightening manner. The officer quickly reined him in, explaining that women often carried apples to bestow on such working animals and his horse must have thought that this was what was happening. This seems a benevolent act which humans might emulate more often.]

Are not all humans frequently noting the absence of something out of place or which they have just put down? I believe this to be true and it causes them much frustration and anguish. Sometimes they become angry and accuse others of taking, moving, or removing their property. Others believe themselves the victims of spiteful pranks by invisible (there we go again) creatures who delight in pestering mankind. Sometimes the lost items reappear, perhaps in a different place and unexpectedly, perhaps replaced by the mischievous thieves.

If a lost ring turns up after many years in the innards of a fish, it may mean that it has passed from smaller fish to bigger fish through many generations tasty dining -- or it may indeed have been placed there by a sprite. I suggest that you concern yourselves less with what seems reasonable and scientific, and more with what is the simplest explanation.

Unfortunately there is no all-inclusive answer for sudden disappearances. There are human pranksters and human thieves, and perhaps some of you are besieged by invisible pests. Remember, everything is in a state of flux. As I was told by
a being who found itself recently departed from the plane of the living:

"Life is a disappearing act."