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  2. Swallows

    2/5A young surveyor from Dublin meets up with a policeman from the country.

  3. The Stoat

    1/5A young man observes the stoat's single-minded pursuit of a rabbit.

  4. A Slip Up

    A retired Irishman sustains himself by imagining working the farm he lost back home.

  5. Sierra Leone, part 2

    Thanks to his tangled lovelife, a young man assesses his capacity for commitment.

  6. Sierra Leone, part 1

    A young man is half in love with an aging politician's mistress.

  7. Swallows

    A young Dublin surveyor meets a country policeman and their life choices are compared.

  8. The Stoat

    A man compares a stoat's quest for a rabbit to a shy woman's pursuit of his father.