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Four Crows

My morning routine is a set pattern of events all based on getting my son to the bus stop at the right time. I drive the same road to and from the bus stop. I leave the house at almost the same time. Of course a great deal depends on how sleepy my son is and how fast he is moving the morning. I really think teenagers and mornings do not mix or go well together. But that is another story.

What I find almost a bit unsettling about this morning routine is not the early hour, not the sameness of the morning or the fact my son listens to music while we drive. No, it is the fact that after I drop him off and head back to work I find four crows on the exact same piece of road each day. Two crows are always on the road. Two more are on the telephone wires next to the road. I round a corner in the road and there they are. This has happened not once, not twice, not even three times in a row. No this has happened for two weeks in a row. And I swear it is exactly the same four crows! What does this mean?