There was nothing in sight to alarm him.  The place seemed to be wild and unvisited.  A squirrel sat in the boughs over his head chattering his surprise and perhaps his displeasure at the sight of the intruder. A chipmunk slipped along a grassy ridge and vanished in the undergrowth.  Birds sang their welcome to a new day.  Everything about him spoke of peace and serenity.  It seemed as though there were no such thing as war in the world.