tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post5955300674344874929..comments2023-10-22T20:53:58.823-04:00Comments on String Too Short to Tie: Napoleon and the Owl #Tvanillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-84229118553141998152011-06-19T22:31:21.648-04:002011-06-19T22:31:21.648-04:00Shark, I've generally failed at my efforts to ...Shark, I've generally failed at my efforts to "save" birds, too. Not much of a nurse, I guess.vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-22598774224893251492011-06-19T21:39:05.561-04:002011-06-19T21:39:05.561-04:00Aw... I've tried to rescue a number of birds. ...Aw... I've tried to rescue a number of birds. Most endings haven't been very good either.Sharkbytes (TM)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08379841586422814410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-83396789613885362202011-06-18T23:01:49.106-04:002011-06-18T23:01:49.106-04:00Vee, thank you. No wonder you dislike owls! I ha...Vee, thank you. No wonder you dislike owls! I have been attacked by a redwing blackbird and by a barn swallow, but then I was encroaching.<br /><br />Chuck, thanks. I had fun writing this one.vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-22230949358431088512011-06-18T11:47:57.402-04:002011-06-18T11:47:57.402-04:00I like the way you weave the two stories together....I like the way you weave the two stories together.Secondary Roadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05116234285533139701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-83270521717940070732011-06-18T09:35:58.126-04:002011-06-18T09:35:58.126-04:00Great combined history and nature lesson. It's...Great combined history and nature lesson. It's hard for me to feel sorry about either situation. While spending time in Hoosierland, sometimes at night an owl would seem to come out of nowhere and dive down at me as I walked across campus. He would bonk me on the head and then fly away. He apparently thought he was protecting his turf, but that experience made me dislike owls - a lot!Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12222653231278680963noreply@blogger.com