So the conceit of the story is that a guy is telling you (a person that he has buttonholed, like the Ancient Mariner at the wedding) about this family that lives by the lake, and presumably you, in the story, are looking at the swans as he speaks and therefore know all along that the family by the lake is a swan family.
The swans are quite unaware that any story is being told about them, let alone that this strange human has been watching them so intently that he can share the soap opera of their lives with random passersby.
I'll have to look into the Alexandre Dumas option. He's always fun if we can find something of a reasonable length.
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Date: 2024-05-16 02:18 pm (UTC)The swans are quite unaware that any story is being told about them, let alone that this strange human has been watching them so intently that he can share the soap opera of their lives with random passersby.
I'll have to look into the Alexandre Dumas option. He's always fun if we can find something of a reasonable length.