THE MUSICAL CROW

She awoke early one morning to an unusual bird call. The repeated notes seemed familiar but in her sleepy state, she couldn't identify the melody despite possessing a good ear for such things. Finally, it came to her. The call matched the background pulse in Offenbach's Barcarolle and the bird was a crow. The circumstance was a bit jarring: the music concerns passionate love on a warm Summer evening yet it was on a morning that was quite Autumnal for mid-August. He continued for some time. "How did the crow come up with this?" she wondered. "Perhaps," said her husband, "Mr Crow hangs out by a house that plays a lot of classical music. It's summer and the windows are open so it is entirely possible that he took a shine to this melody. They are awfully bright and are accomplished mimics". She's not heard a repeat performance.