The geese stood in a line, sunning themselves at the edge of the shallow pond: repeated shapes resting, preening, basking. Behind them, the pigeons flocked at a safe distance on the river bank. | The green river slid by, dark beneath the overhanging trees. People came and went along the embankment path (where the lamppost stands). In the near pond-water the reflections of the trees and the geese wobbled. |