THE MALIGNED ROOK

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21123, 26 March 1934, Page 9

THE MALIGNED ROOK

it. r-- ~.r.r ;rf. ?. Si:".-- When 1 rend that letter l>y "Ritr-rtecs" in defence of the FcnUalt-'-n , rook;:. n:y f.rsl impul-'e was to put him right: but a moment's thought toiu rcc that there would be usury others rush::-- in w:'h a united ••J'Accuse.'' And now the rooks ir.ay \ well .-ay. "Heaven ! 'ln i'-* from 0l:r ■ friend -IMngtocs."' for everyone now; knows where his walnuts went to ami : bad reputation is very coropicU.j " { fell out with the rooks years ago. over the saine walnut trouble, and j t'.iev put, a heavy strain on my > vocabulary, until, in fact. I began to ■~nr[ almost an accessory to their crime. So, lor the peace o£ my soul. I cut the tree down. And now I feel quite ar. a!:h:::y towards th: ugly, wicked oirds. and in their defence will say rhnt when thev come round in sumn.er •hev make a crcat scatter among the sparrows' r.ests. high up in the topmost biuegurn boughs. Whether their last meal or something else does not agree with them I do not know, but I*kno\v they make the feathers ily. Yours:, etc.. T.A.S. March -4. ifCi. :o . a . i. ; r i er - -.xr ■ ■ Sir. —May I thank your cnrrosy>o:;- ' cent ••Riris'.ocs" for his letter about ; the tr.ur'h abused rc>ks? I have a , ir-rze walnut tree, and though the . rooks fly over constantly, they have neve!" committed any depredations. , luv potatoes are also untouched. While on the subject, may I correct r< mistake made by Mr F. J. Alley in' his letter this morning? He speaks ol the rooks as being "carrion crows." If he" had ever lived in the East, lie: vould know that crows are gross | lcedcrs, whereas, according to your = many correspondents, rooks prefer i walnuts. Yours, etc., C \WS • March ■