BIRDS KNOW.
An illustration of the readiness of birds to take shelter from alarming \vea,ther by aeekiijg tho companipnahip of maiiHind occurred in the North during the hurricane gales, with thunder and lightjiipg that swept over so large a part of England. ■\VhiJe a housewife ws ivdning in her kitchen the storm swept down upon her, and, thinking tho house was safer from the lightning with the back door open, she opened it. Turning away to the table she was startled by an inrush' of more than a hundred house-sparrows, who settled in every part of tho room, .quite undisturbed by her presence. Whon tho storm subsided they flew away again, but not till they had eaten a whole loaf and a half of bread!
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 123, 26 May 1928, Page 15
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125BIRDS KNOW. Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 123, 26 May 1928, Page 15
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