The Birds Know All

by NightMaiden

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I woke up, feeling like there were cotton balls stuffed up my head. I was immediately reminded of why I was awoken.

It sounded like crows; I looked around briefly—the light in the room was pronounced, but not much, sort of like a gray hue. I decided it was early morning.

The harsh calls of the birds grated through the windows, and I sat in bed, thinking that it’d be over in a few seconds.

Instead, it kept going.

Finally I got up from my bed and threw open the shutters irritably. What I saw made my jaw drop to my chest.

Crows were congregated on the stone ground, hustling over each other, black feathers flying everywhere.

“Mom! Look what’s going on!” I called, and my mother got up from bed, rubbing her eyes.

“What could possibly…oh, my word,” she breathed, looking out the window.

My mom went to her bed, and on a hunch, snatched up the radio on her nightstand. She flipped the switch.

“We interrupt our program to bring you breaking news : there has just been a 6.5 Richter earthquake in Rhodes…”

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. The Birds Know All

    NightMaiden's Buddy Icon NightMaiden

    Posted 2 months ago

    I’ll let the reader decide if this really happened or not… ; )

  2. The Birds Know All

    One Time, One Chance's Buddy Icon One Time, One Chance

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    hahha.
    “Good morning!”
    =]

  3. The Birds Know All

    Krulltar's Buddy Icon Krulltar

    Posted 2 months ago

    In my humble opinion, the story seemed a little meloncholy with the descriptions coming across bland, and in need of some adjectives,
    an example would be is when the mother looked out the window: rather than saying she looked out the window, it would have helped to described the look of shock on her face.

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