The Birds...
I bet all of you know about Hitchcock's “The Birds” but, most probably, not all have had the chance to watch it. In short it’s the story of how birds get angry with human beings, and start attacking them (well, us).
Last Friday I could swear I was on that movie, for I was attacked by an irritated crow!
Being myself a South American (Nanbeijin?) I have never been close to these birds (Really? Yes, we’re lucky indeed! Neither hurricanes nor crows in my beloved continent!), so I didn’t know what to expect from these ugly (but somehow extremely intelligent) oviparous animals. Most of the birds that live on my city are small ones: pigeons, doves, and similar. Large birds (as albatross or pelicans) don’t attack humans and usually fly away soon after you come closer than 50 meters.
So, this is how this Friday I met with a mad crow that assumed (I suppose) that I wanted to eat one of its offspring… Yeah, I arrived to the University and parked in my usually Bicycle Parking Lot just in front of my faculty building (yes, there’s no single car parking lot on Kyodai for students, but thousands of spaces for bicycles to park!), and immediately noticed a noisy crow on a close tree. Actually I found that strange, but nothing more… so once I locked my bicycle, I started to walk to the door of my building, using a small sidewalk that crosses just below another huge tree. First, the bird flown from one tree to the other, passing just inches above me… just to make a second flight hitting my head!!! Terrified, I took my umbrella and tried to scare it (giving myself some time to recover my soul), and then started to run to the door… Still in shock, I get into my office and checked if I was hurt. I put my hand on my head, and found a little bit of blood… Yes! Blood! Fortunately it was just a scratch so I decided not to worry anymore, and to start my daily routine…
Crows will never be the same to me. Now, every time I hear its squawk, I check everywhere to confirm it’s not the same one provoking me…
PS: I hope I don’t get the Mad Crow Disease…
Last Friday I could swear I was on that movie, for I was attacked by an irritated crow!
Being myself a South American (Nanbeijin?) I have never been close to these birds (Really? Yes, we’re lucky indeed! Neither hurricanes nor crows in my beloved continent!), so I didn’t know what to expect from these ugly (but somehow extremely intelligent) oviparous animals. Most of the birds that live on my city are small ones: pigeons, doves, and similar. Large birds (as albatross or pelicans) don’t attack humans and usually fly away soon after you come closer than 50 meters.
So, this is how this Friday I met with a mad crow that assumed (I suppose) that I wanted to eat one of its offspring… Yeah, I arrived to the University and parked in my usually Bicycle Parking Lot just in front of my faculty building (yes, there’s no single car parking lot on Kyodai for students, but thousands of spaces for bicycles to park!), and immediately noticed a noisy crow on a close tree. Actually I found that strange, but nothing more… so once I locked my bicycle, I started to walk to the door of my building, using a small sidewalk that crosses just below another huge tree. First, the bird flown from one tree to the other, passing just inches above me… just to make a second flight hitting my head!!! Terrified, I took my umbrella and tried to scare it (giving myself some time to recover my soul), and then started to run to the door… Still in shock, I get into my office and checked if I was hurt. I put my hand on my head, and found a little bit of blood… Yes! Blood! Fortunately it was just a scratch so I decided not to worry anymore, and to start my daily routine…
Crows will never be the same to me. Now, every time I hear its squawk, I check everywhere to confirm it’s not the same one provoking me…
PS: I hope I don’t get the Mad Crow Disease…
6 Comments:
you dont really sound like a victim though, ha ha ha....where the hell u get the squawking sound the crow?! To make this event a full experience, I would suggest you to watch The Crow. (The leading actor died during the film shooting)...spooky....jajaja
Chan
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Anonymous, at 10:26 PM
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
The typical Joseph's reaction!
Coming next:
Been pecked by a radioactive crow, a Kyodai student inherited its abilities (i.e. the voice and the looks). A new superhero was born "GianCROWlo". See him dressed in black, perched on the Camphora tree in front of the clock tower. Watch out, don't sit under the tree (without a hat)!
XM
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Anonymous, at 10:27 PM
I have never been attacked by a crow, but I have already been stolen by one of the members of the same gang!
I was having my sandwich in Kamogawa, when suddenly a crow stole a big piece of it from my hands!
Yeah, this country is safe, but we cannot say it if we refer to the "air inhabitants"...
As said Mina-san, GianCROWlo, ki wo tsukete ne!
Ernesto
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Anonymous, at 10:30 PM
In Malaysia you can shoot the crows for money...but am not sure with GianCROWlo...a bird? a plane? a superman? hahaha.....
Chan
By
Anonymous, at 10:30 PM
Damn hilarious story! Sorry GianCrowlo, it is funny!
But speaking of birds, one stupid pigeon nearly flew into the side of my face while I was riding to my lab today. Revenge of the tori niku?
Ai Ling
By
Anonymous, at 10:31 PM
haha.. the other day the parking lot was barred, and a
sign in Japanese was put up..
カラスをと冱ってきますので。。。。
I understand the word karasu = crow..but the kanji is
too difficult for me... I thought they were going to
shoot the crow around the parking lot , therefore
closed the area for for safety....
Giancarlo learned a painful lesson.
Karasu is crow, do not confuse with kurasu = class.
By the way, the kanji is pronounce as おそう. It means
"attack".
So the whole sentence translated into English
..becomes
" The crows are attacking.... do not park here"
and do not make lousy guess like
"Those who dont attend Kurasu (class) here, do not
park at this area".
U will never know the price u will pay for making
wrong guess.
Beware of the crow
Eddie
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Anonymous, at 10:32 PM
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