A woman rescued a baby crown, and when her son was in trouble, the mother crow returned the favor

5 years ago, a black crow settled in the garden outside Anna Edwards’ house. One day the woman heard a loud, anxious cawing from the garden and ran to see what was the matter.

She saw a frightened baby raven sitting on the fence, disheveled, with its disheveled mother lying beside it. At the bottom of the fence a cat was watching them, straining for a jump. Anna made an instant decision: she chased the hunter away.

The woman then took the chick in her palms and placed it in the tall tree from which it had fallen. The disturbed mother did not bother Anne, as if she understood that the woman wished her well.

Anne gave the bird a name — Mildred. It took five years of their friendship before the bird was able to respond to a request for help.

One day little Edward, Ann’s son, became very ill, and they had to call an ambulance.

The doctors administered first aid, but it wasn’t enough. The boy had to be taken to the hospital, and his mother could not go after him.

She was desperately worried, and Mildred seemed to be worried along with her. The woman heard a piercing and insistent squawking outside the window.

The weeping mother saw Mildred, who was sitting in a bald tree just outside her window, unafraid of rain or wind.

Normally at night the bird would fly away to her favorite tree, where she could hide from bad weather and prying eyes.

But that day she knew her friend needed support. «We’re both mothers,» Edwards said. «And just as I took care of her chicks, she took care of my family while my son was in the hospital.»

Mildred stayed at Ann’s window all night, soothing her with her cries. She was in the same tree the next night, and the night after that.

The woman felt her support, and she did feel better.

And on the third day Edward returned home. That same night Mildred returned «home» — to her fat tree. But Ann was sure that if she needed support again, the bird would be there for her.