MANNA
When a piece of bread dropped on to the gras.s I saw that a crow had been forced to relinquish 't by an aggressive neighbour. In the meantime 3 sparrow inspected the bread from heaven and a blackbird hopped over to take possession more IV self-assurance than direct action against the sparrow. Neither seemed very hungry. It was plain that 00 were being watched by more than one pair of eYesA' for the blackbird had hardly reached the crust an" taken stock of things when a jackdaw came spiniun.g in and snatched up the prize and made off with It. A crow seemed to have been waiting for this, f°Ar one immediately sailed into the jackdaw's path, the jackdaw, a young bird, Was so put off his striae that the crust changed hands for perhaps the last time. I was amused to think that that first crow might have been the one who got it in the end; Why this crust was so important when so much faew is about for the picking just now I could not say.
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