The Messenger English Subtitles

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Once we believed that birds
were messengers...

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between humans
and the supernatural world.

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We would interpret the flight and
songs of birds to foretell the future.

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We came to understand that bird
behavior heralds the change of season...

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and warns us
of the coming of storms.

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Miners once brought tiny songbirds—
canaries— down into coal mines.

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When the canary stopped singing
and fell from its perch,

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this was a signal to the miners
that their own life was in danger.