Dear Diary,

The rain was beginning to slacken, so I thought that the object hitting my windshield was a large raindrop. Unfortunately, it was a present from some wandering bird. Isn’t it nice how generous birds can be? Who else (with the possible exception of horses) give away such gifts so freely? And seagulls have to be near the top on the bird generosity scale. We didn’t give them the nickname of “Bombers” for nothing. Just ask one of my friends.

We were walking home from school when we heard the cry of seagulls flying over our heads. Now most people who live near seagulls know to try make themselves as small a target as possible or to quickly get under cover. And the one cardinal rule that must be obeyed at all times is to never, NEVER look up! Unfortunately, my friend did....and the seagull did. I always thought that sunglasses were only meant to protect people's eyes from the sun. That day I saw that they could protect against other things as well. Too bad, she wasn’t wearing any. Actually, the seagulls must have really liked her since one had given her hair some unwanted decoration earlier that year. But for some reason, she didn’t have that same “warm, fuzzy feeling” for the seagulls.

You know, I just thought of something. Didn’t seagulls play a prominent role in Alfred Hitchcock’s movie “The Birds”? Maybe the seagulls were trying to tell us something?