Crow

Todays walk went from Ch.neuf sur Loire to Sully sur Loire. On the way, I past through St.Benoit sur Loire. Unfortunately, the ambiance and the perles I have found so far seem to be inversely related to the size of the church or castle in town. So, I went through St.Benoit sur Loire faster than the time it takes to pronounce the word St.Benoit. Sully sur Loire has a big castle, so I expect the worse. For the moment, I've settled down in the camping site on the other side of the river. The camping prices have varied between 5.60€ and 6.16€ for a tent and one person so far.

On the way through a nature reserve not far from here, suddenly a crow was jumping on the path in front of me. After a closer look, I could see that one of it's feet was entangled in a piece of wire. I first thought the crow, being intelligent as it is, tried to show me the wire, asking for me to remove it. But when I approached it, it started screaming more like what sounded like "stay away" to me. It seemed to me I had several options. 1.Leave it alone and let nature play its role. 2.Kill it. 3.Torture it, and then kill it. 4.Help it. I chose the last option. Finally, years of television watching was going to bear fruits. I first broke of a branch shaped as a V in the end from one of the trees in the protected forest. With this, I immobilized the crow. Then, I used my Carrefour raincoat as padding, keeping it still with my elbow. I have to admit I was afraid of making things worse, the birds leg looking quite sensitive compared to the stiff wire. But, I got it of in the end (the wire that is). I put the crow back on the path, and for a moment I thought I could read in it's eyes:"Why didn't you just kill me?" But a few minutes later, it flew of, and lived happily ever after. Hopefully it won't be overrun by a car to soon, so my valiant efforts have not been in complete vain. Well, that was todays sunshine story. It's dinner time now, and I will go over on the other side of the river and see if I can find myself some chicken...