Quite what the crows were doing in the cornfields watching Vincent paint was open to question

Crows are not normally curious birds

Jesse and Jacob were sitting on the old wooden bench in front of the inn

Jacob was enjoying a soft drink

Jesse was enjoying a cool glass of white wine

They had been searching for Jessie’s diamond ring

Which had been lost in the cornfield on the previous day

They had not been successful

Vincent was resting on the trunk of a fallen tree

He had been painting for most of the day

A child had attached a plastic fairy on to another tree

Jessie had added a door

Jacob had added a falling star

Vincent was painting the vibrant cornfields in many colours but grew angry when the dogs disturbed the crows

Jessie and Jacob did not own a dog

So they were free to watch the circling crows

Vincent asked whether he might sketch Jessie to kill the time until the crows returned

He requested that she go through the fairy door and report on the interior world within

When the crows returned he gave his sketches to Jessie and Jacob and promised to ask the jackdaws about the whereabouts of the missing ring