The first one is correct since you’re talking about the owls neck
She enjoyed reading current events from her native town and country.
She is a Czech who migrated to America. She does not like to read anything in English. She just wanted to connect with her roots by reading the current events from her native town and country which was expressed through her native dialect.
1a : the act or practice in international law of resorting to force short of war in retaliation for damage or loss suffered
b : an instance of such action
2 obsolete : PRIZE
3 : the regaining of something (as by recapture)
4 : something (such as a sum of money) given or paid in restitution —usually used in plural
5 : a retaliatory act
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