Above Palestine, Israel. Millions of birds, flying within their own biological formation. Description of bird families and human families with children on both sides of a struggle for survival. A continuing war where many die and everyone mourns. Rami rides his motorcycle. Bassam loses his daughter as had Rami. Meeting of men from competitive cultures. Kids throw stones. Modern day or recent times stories that parallel deaths of creatures, other than human, biblical texts and stone throwing tales. Very confusing. How to make gunpowder. What a mix. what is the purpose. Countless birds flying south, migrating, resting and recorded on their pilgrimage. They are surely an analogy.
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