Word: birding
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Tutoring is going to pay lower returns this year. The wise bird might well figure the return too low for an investment. he might also realize that the faculty has awakened, and that the examination system is on trial. Many will still have to tutor because they have been caught out in the rain. The others had better take their money to the races...
...draft of a chimney; a machine for cutting files and rasps; a printing press with movable type; an olive oil press such as is still used in Italy; a pile driver; an automatic saw; an automatic gear, like the differential in an automobile; a flying machine, whose bird-like wings were supposed to be powered by the operator, lying on his back and pumping with his feet...
...plot withers under synopsis like a mushroom in the sun: a huge, passionate peasant becomes the last inhabitant of an abandoned mountain village, marries a stray waif, and together they begin to cultivate and repeople the abandoned land. Sample Giono description: "And today there had been rain. Like a bird it arrived, settled, and went away. The shadow of its wings had been seen passing over the hills of Néviėres. It came back and hovered around Aubignane, then flew off towards the plains. After that the sun came out and, like a mouth, breathed warmth...
...more than two minutes elapsed before the Union staff regained composure and Supervisor J. Murray lost no time in summoning attendant Monty Irwin, who opened all the windows and doors and let the bird find his way back to freedom...
Zooming mysteriously from under a table in the main salon, the bird cooed ceiling-ward into the porch amid hysteric screams from several waitresses and roars of glee from the students. Apparently frightened by the cries of the napkin-bedecked eaters, the creature flapped helplessly about the ceiling...