in the same room as the bees. I was rather happy about the arrival of the bees. We had had honeybees build their hive in our walls for many years but then about five years ago all the honeybees disappeared. I understand this is a worldwide phenomenon and a bit of a worry ...
Finally, sometime close to midnight, when my eyelids had nearly given up the strain of staying open, a purring noise started over in the corner, low and vibrating, a sound you could almost mistake for a cat. Moments later shadows moved like spatter paint along the walls, catching the lig...
2.Which of the following is TRUE about ‘infrasound’? A. Humans can hear infrasound easily. B. It travels nearly several kilometers. C. It sounds low but can’t travel very far. D. It travels well through walls, leaves and so on. 3.In places like zoos, ___. A. elephants ...
Men moving away in a body, but not soldiers; nothing orderly about the shuffling and muttering he heard beneath the nearer sound of Denys’s discussion with Major What-not. No telling what was happening—but it didn’t sound at all like an official hanging. He’d attended one such functi...
Gusts tore at the roof, rattling the tools on the wall and the walls themselves. Into the rattling, two voices weaved, not storm-hushed, but arguing. “ . . . bring it in just like that? As soon as it’s twitching a limb, I’m throwing it out.” “Shhh, all will be well.”...
in dogs. When a helper entered the kennel with food for the dog, a bell was sounded. After a while, the dog began to salivate at the sound of the bell, whether or not food was available. What happened to cause the dog to salivate at something as irrelevant as the sound of a bell...
“The timber’s sawn, split, and milled. We’ll have walls and floors and windows aplenty before snowfall. Maybe no glass in them yet,” he added fairly. “But that can wait ’til the spring.” “Mmm.” Brianna blinked again and shook her head, then stood up to look. “Have ...