Three times Rano brought messages from Baba that he would not see her, and it was better that she leave. Finally, when she refused, he said he would meet her for two minutes, but she must agree to keep silent. The woman got her wish, but, sadly, had a great deal of trouble in her life afterwards for confronting Baba in this way.
The next day, Energy drove Baba and the women mandali to the airport. The men came in Darwin's car. A bird flew across Marion's windshield, and she almost hit it.
Baba gestured, "If you had killed it, you would have had to come back in some other life to help its evolution."
A different version of the bird story is from Charmian (during a talk to the New York Group, September 1952):
During a later period when Baba and the girls were staying in Scarsdale, while he gave darshans at our apartment in New York, in conjunction with Marion Florsheim I did some driving each day backward and forwards from the city with the girls. One evening I noticed, on the road, a bird which had been hit by a car and I stopped and ran over to get it. It died as I touched it and repeated Baba's name. Later I asked Baba what happens with regard to karma if one's car strikes and kills an animal or bird. Baba's reply was that the driver of the car assumes the karma, and the only exception to that is if Baba is riding in it, whereupon he assumes the results of the karma. I do not know but would assume that the same answer might apply to any Perfect Master.
Baba arrived at the airport an hour and a half before the scheduled flight, explaining that there was "someone" he had to meet. John Bass was standing facing Baba and described what he observed:
While standing in front of the chair, a man came along about seven feet away and turned around and looked intently at Baba for a few moments, went along again and turned once more to look at Baba, and finally walked away and disappeared. Previously, Baba had told us all that there was someone he wanted to meet, and that no one should stand near him. Those who were standing nearby at the time, he sent off while he remained alone. Undoubtedly, Baba did much inner work at the airport.