A Blade of Grass
“The sound of its song is three repeated notes followed by two shorter tones in a higher register.
One morning as Tembi returns from her daily watering of the plants behind the koppie, she notices as she passes the vegetable garden that some of the tomato plants have been trampled in the night. At the same time she hears the distinctive birdsong from the bluegum trees beside the house, and she pauses to listen, searching the leaves for a glimpse of the bird.
The song stops abruptly, and then, to... her amazement, the notes are sounded backwards—two short, three long. A moment later the whole sequence is repeated. Tembi steps forward carefully, peering at the branches. Just as she catches a glimpse of a flash of red high in the thickest part of the leaves, Tembi looks down and sees the man.
He is sitting at the base of a tree with his back leaning against the trunk, and in his hands is a small musical instrument. As she stops in her tracks, the man plucks at his instrument and echoes the trilled notes of the hidden bird.MoreLess
One morning as Tembi returns from her daily watering of the plants behind the koppie, she notices as she passes the vegetable garden that some of the tomato plants have been trampled in the night. At the same time she hears the distinctive birdsong from the bluegum trees beside the house, and she pauses to listen, searching the leaves for a glimpse of the bird.
The song stops abruptly, and then, to... her amazement, the notes are sounded backwards—two short, three long. A moment later the whole sequence is repeated. Tembi steps forward carefully, peering at the branches. Just as she catches a glimpse of a flash of red high in the thickest part of the leaves, Tembi looks down and sees the man.
He is sitting at the base of a tree with his back leaning against the trunk, and in his hands is a small musical instrument. As she stops in her tracks, the man plucks at his instrument and echoes the trilled notes of the hidden bird.MoreLess
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