The way in which the sparrows expressed their sorrow when the author’s grandmother died.

In the evening when the setting sun had lit grandmother’s room, the sparrows came in. They were all waiting in the verandah but apparently, there wasn’t any chirruping sound. No sparrow made a single sound. The author’s mother then broke pieces of bread and threw at them but they took no notice. This shows that the sparrows were really mourning and were not at all interested in the food.