The Birds (story) Mr. Trigg, Mrs. Trigg and their workman, Jim, dead. Later he finds the postman's body by the road; soon he comes to the realisation that his neighbours have all been killed by the birds. Nat returns home with the supplies but soon the birds attack once again. As if facing a firing squad, Nat smokes his last cigarette, then throws the empty pack into the fire and watches it burn. The Birds (story) "The Birds" is a horror story by British writer Daphne du Maurier, first published in her 1952 collection "The Apple Tree". It is the story of a
The Birds (story) that "The Apple Tree" was reprinted as "The Birds and Other Stories". In 2009, Irish playwright Conor McPherson adapted the story for the stage at Dublin's Gate Theatre. The author saw a man ploughing a field while seagulls were wheeling and diving above him and composed a story of these birds growing hostile and attacking. Inspired by her quiet, rural home town in Cornwall, the story is thought to be an allegory for the air attacks on London during World War II, in particular The Blitz. The story has been dramatised for radio and TV on several occasions, including: In