Show Storks Assist Over storks which suddenly appeared out of the sky from all directions devoured vast swarms of locusts which descended on the town of Bulgaria and neighboring villages recently The locusts had attacked the crops and did great damage Two garrisons of troops were called out to destroy them and together with the local population they killed ten tons of locusts after fighting day and night On the third day when the battle was still raging unexpected re re- reinforcements reinforcements appeared in the form of the storks The huge birds alight alight- alighted ed in their thousands and made a great circle round the locusts Then systematically the storks closed in devouring masses of lo locusts lo- lo locusts locusts as they advanced |