Foreshadowing - N43, B7, N33

[ignoblebard.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: N43 Weather - Sleet, B7 - All Creatures Foul and Fair: Crebain, N33 - Four Words Drabble: gang, remarkable, blackberry, nicety
Format: Drabble
Rating: General
Summary: Radagast loves birds

Radagast tossed a blackberry into the air, laughing with delight as the bird deftly caught it, acknowledging the nicety with bow. Remarkable creatures were crows, hardy and clever, though these of Dunland were especially so. They roamed the local offal heaps in gangs and flew in flocks several hundred strong through even rain and sleet. With sight almost keen as an eagle, high intelligence, and the ability to recognize and distinguish human faces and voices, they were perfect for the task at hand.

“Gather your flock and fly with all speed to Isengard. Saruman the White has need of you.”

Comments

[huinare.livejournal.com]

Ooh, nice moment to pick for these prompts. Crebain are intriguing creatures, as is Radagast (and Istari in general). I like the detail about recognizing different human faces and voices.

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

Oh, very nice spin! It makes the Crebain as enemy servants even sadder than it already is.

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

Oh, nice! But now all I can think of is the ravens in A Game of Thrones. They are an awesome postal service and used to great effect in the filming and then there is one particular raven with a big part.

This is a great short-short.

[pandemonium-213.livejournal.com]

I really like this, IgBee! Needless to say, the nod to the natural history of crows went over very well with me. Radagast is absolutely right. They are perfect for the task, and I like the implications that Radagast knew more than what Gandalf presumed.

Have you seen this?

A Murder of Crows (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/a-murder-of-crows/full-episode/5977/)

It's a documentary on crows that aired on PBS (Nature) a couple of years ago. It's well worth watching. The crows are called "feathered apes." That's about right. They are wicked smart and demonstrate behaviors similar to ours.

[hhimring]

Rather a sad moment of mutual unintentional betrayal? Or at any rate, that's how it strikes me...
He sends these wonderful birds to Saruman and Saruman sets them against him (even if they don't act against Radagast directly).

[keiliss.livejournal.com]

Sad and a bit creepy and I can't define why I think Radagast knows exactly what he's doing, but I do. A great short-short description of some wonderful birds.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

A very clever drabble

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear, I suspect he will rue this request one day when he realizes to what use they've been put! Well done!

[engarian.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, Radagast. Poor idea!

- Erulisse (one L)