Lesson: The Portrait Of A Lady
What did the sparrows do when the family prepared to carry the grandmother’s corpse for cremation?
Lesson: The Portrait Of A Lady
What did the sparrows do when the family prepared to carry the grandmother’s corpse for cremation?
They sat silently all over the verandah and room, refused the bread crumbs offered to them, and flew away quietly only when the body was lifted—symbolising their wordless farewell.