Diagnostic
In the beginning of the riddle it states “the air bears little creatures.” I can assume that it is talking about a creature that is little and that can stay in the air. Next it says “over the hillside, they are very black.” This gives me an idea of an insect or a bird. “Swarthy, dark-coated. Bountiful of song.” I now assume that it is a able to make noise and make sounds like a bird. “They journey in groups, cry loudly,” I know that some birds journey in groups and make noise. “Tread the woody headlands, sometimes the town-dwellings of the sons of men. They name themselves.” I believe the answer to be crows. I think it is crows because crows are black. Crows also journey in groups and cry loudly. Crows are dark coated and they
In the beginning of the riddle it states “the air bears little creatures.” I can assume that it is talking about a creature that is little and that can stay in the air. Next it says “over the hillside, they are very black.” This gives me an idea of an insect or a bird. “Swarthy, dark-coated. Bountiful of song.” I now assume that it is a able to make noise and make sounds like a bird. “They journey in groups, cry loudly,” I know that some birds journey in groups and make noise. “Tread the woody headlands, sometimes the town-dwellings of the sons of men. They name themselves.” I believe the answer to be crows. I think it is crows because crows are black. Crows also journey in groups and cry loudly. Crows are dark coated and they