perch

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The hens perched themselves on the window−sills, the pigeons fluttered up to the rafters, the sheep and cows lay down behind the pigs and began to chew the cud. 🔊

All the animals were now present except Moses, the tame raven, who slept on a perch behind the back door. 🔊

Everyone fled to his own sleepingplace. The birds jumped on to their perches, the animals settled down in the straw, and the whole farm was asleep in a moment. 🔊

Moses sprang off his perch and flapped after her, croaking loudly. Meanwhile the animals had chased Jones and his men out on to the road and slammed the five−barred gate behind them. 🔊

She was telling them that all animals were now comrades and that any sparrow who chose could come and perch on her paw; but the sparrows kept their distance. 🔊

He would perch on a stump, flap his black wings, and talk by the hour to anyone who would listen. 🔊

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