A moment with a raven.

[ellenmillion]

Belly dance last night was under cold, crystal clear blue skies, the sun casting long shadows on crunchy golden leaves. It was nice to be outside, and a little sad to realize we were running out of autumn;  more leaves were on the grass than in the trees.

At one point, a raven flew overhead, calling.

I called back. 

In my arsenal of completely useless talents, I do an amazing range of raven calls, the proof of which is that this raven circled back and answered.

I chattered back, he protested and landed in a tree nearby. We held a lively conversation for almost the entire song, Kkrrrrak? Skwaaaa! Gaaaaakkk! Gronk! and he finally flew away. 

I'm not sure what he had to say to me, and I'm pretty sure it wasn't all flattering, but it was nice that he paused to talk. 

 

Comments

[kelkyag]

That's a fairy tale waiting to happen. :)

[minoanmiss]

Enh, I bet he was impressed with your multilingualism even if he had a few pointers on your pronunciation. :D

[wyld_dandelyon]

Oh, how cool!

I could totally see this becoming a story--the protagonist dancing in the woods and calling out to the raven and almost making sense (to the raven) until she accidentally says some horrible insult absolutely perfectly, and the raven shifts into an angry man...

[asakiyume]

How wonderful to be in conversation with a raven!

[yhlee]

this is *so cool* :D

[dhampyresa]

How awesome!

I can't help but be reminded of Le Corbeau et le Renard

[sholio]

That's so cool!

[warriorsavant]

Well really, you need to sign up for Duolingo and do their Raven course. Your accent is disgraceful.

[ianuk]

I wish we had autumn. Gonna be another week of 104F plus next week. ugh. I miss the leaves.

The Raven was happy for the interaction. I'm sure they have been lonely too.