to smile at the least appropriate moment.
HHmmnn, well it happened to me today. I was storytelling for a group of over 60's. All was going well as I moved onto the three green ladies a fantasic story about brothers beech trees and tree spirits.
I was just getting to the demise of the eldest brother when I noticed two black lumps flump into a very small holly bush outside. Intrigued I watched as well as I could while still telling the story .
Then a magpie landed near the bush and out struts a sparrowhawk with a blackbird in one of his claws.
It was not happy with the magpie which was quickly joined by another one, had they been watching the sparrowhawk or following it??? The sparrowhawk had its wings and tail spread and its beak open and was looking very threatening.
I was fascinated but managed to carry on with the story despite wanting to stop and watch the standoff to see how it ended, so I cant tell you what happened next but it was a fantastic moment.
