They Sing Because They Can
Fiction Friday
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2 min readOct 9, 2020
“Pappy, why do the birds sing?” the little girl asked her grandfather.
He smiled down at his granddaughter, eating an ice cream sandwich and dripping a sticky mess all down her dress and onto his porch. She’d be a heartbreaker someday.
To attract a mate. The louder they sing, the more they want you to notice them and what they’re saying. And…
