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Death Comes

Death Comes

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Cynthia Bagley
May 02, 2013
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The hawk tucks his wings extends his claws and dives towards the unsuspecting quail --

The fat-bodied quail pecks the dirt wails to his family prepares for winter --

One dive, one beak, one claw blood spurts the quail's head snaps --

Next dive, the dead fat-bodied quail rests in the claws of the hawk, winged to a nest, high in a fir --

Unlike the quail the …

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