"The first wave is modest, but unmistakable: the herd's spring migration has begun."
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"Here we observe the urban birdwatcher: patient, cautious, and unwilling to jump to conclusions. After sustained observation of the nearby gull, this eager novice had narrowed it down to 'probably bird.'"
"The office plant leaned toward the new intern with the quiet hunger of middle management."
"The restless adolescent returns to the herd, chastened by the discovery that freedom, in the end, is mostly parking lots."
