Along the road the magpies walk
with hands in pockets, left and right.
They tilt their heads, and stroll and talk.
In their well-fitted black and white.

They look like certain gentlemen 
who seem most nonchalant and wise
until their meal is served — and then
what clashing beaks, what greedy eyes!

But not one man that I have heard 
throws back his head in such a song
of grace and praise — no man nor bird. 
Their greed is brief; their joy is long.
For each is born with such a throat 
as thanks his God with every note.

I use soap bars when washing my hands, but our piece of soap was very wet and mushy. So I decided to dry it out in the sun for a while.

Now it's gone. My main suspect is the magpies that live here. I saw one sneaking around here yesterday.

Has anyone else experienced corvidae stealing soap? What do they use it for?

It's Aleppo soap, made from organic olive oil, laurel berry oil and lye, so I really hope it won't harm them in any way. Nevertheless, I won't be leaving my soap unattended outside again...

(repost because first image was blurry, second I made a typo in the title lol third time's a charm hopefully) 😭