five in the morning
It seemed , then , as if the two of them were equally ready to do an act of kindness . And when it was done , each would lay the blame on the other . Surely this must be the perfect wedded life , that dreamers dreamed of here on earth ... The woods are stripped of leaf now , and the bird sounds are gone ; only the crows rasp out their screeching note at five in the morning , when they spread out over the fields . We see them , Falkenberg and I , as we go to our work ; the yearling birds , that have not yet learned fear of the world , hop along the path before our feet . Then we meet the finch , the sparrow of the timbered lands . He has been out in the woods already , and is coming back now to humankind , that he likes to live with and study from all sides .