On December 3rd the wind changed during the night and it was winter. Until then the autumn had been a
pleasant one. The leaves had stayed on the trees, golden red, and the earth was rich where the farm workers had
turned it.
Nat Hocken, because of a wartime disability, did not work full-time at the farm. He work three days a week, and
they gave him the lighter jobs.
Although he was married with children, he did not much enjoy the company of others, so he preferred to work
alone. It pleased him when he was given a gate to mend or a wall to build at the edge of the farm land. Then, at
midday, he could look down at the sea and watch the birds while he ate. Autumn was best for this, better than
spring. In autumn the birds that stayed to pass the winter came in great flocks. They circled in the sky and landed
to feed on the rich earth. But even when they fed they seemed to do it without hunger, without desire. Then they
returned to the skies again.
Nat watched them, and he watched the seabirds too. Down on the beach they waited for the tide. They had more
patience, but after feeding they too flocked and circled and cried. Perhaps, thought Nat, a message comes to the
birds in autumn. Winter is coming. Many of them will die. People who are worried about an early death force
themselves to work or go crazy. Perhaps the birds do the same.
The birds had been more restless than ever this year. As he worked in his fields, the figure of the farmer was lost
for a moment in a great cloud of circling, crying birds.
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