Random Line(s) Of The Day:
The Setup: A raven needs to find his human friend, who works at a grocery store. Being a clever bird, he’s managed to get into the store, and is perched above a checkstand, looking for his friend.
“Birdy!” A little boy, sitting in a cart, pointed at the big black bird.
His mother, busy with the latest issue of People, snapped her gum and said, “Uh-huh.”
“Look, mama, birdy!” He bounced in his seat and pointed. “Birdy!”
“It’s just a balloon,” she said, putting the magazine back and pushing the cart toward the deli.
He waved. “Bye-bye, birdy! Bye-bye!”
He’d never had so many people speak to him before. It was strange, unsettling, but he didn’t think they were dangerous. He looked looked along the row of cash registers, seeking a familiar shape among the straight lines of man-made things. There! There he was, Jesse, only a half-dozen counters away.
