The pair lumber across the road, I am grateful for the drivers that stopped, but the lead red car moved off before the cob reached midway across the road. There are a few factors of human behaviour that I abhor, and one of them is impatience; I wonder what the driver did with those extra 20 seconds? All the same if the bird panicked and went towards a car in the opposite direction - that driver swerves and there is an accident, possibly with me in the middle. My strength physically drains when I see that type of selfishness. The cob is walking very slowly due to the damaged foot. The two youths considered it all very amusing but offered no help in watching for traffic. I despair for humanity.
