Fox Quotes

“Magpie tries to warn Dog about Fox. ‘He belongs nowhere,’ she says. ‘He loves no one.‘”

“Through the charred forest, over hot ash, runs Dog, with a bird clamped in his big, gentle mouth.”

“Fly Dog, fly! I will be your missing eye, and you will be my wings.”

“I will never again be able to fly.”

″‘I know,’ says Dog. He is silent for a moment, then he says, ‘I am blind in one eye, but life is still good.‘”

“Now you and Dog will know what it is like to truly be alone.”

“He takes her to the cave above the river, and there he tries to tend her burnt wing; but Magpie does not want his help.”

″‘An eye is nothing!’ says Magpie. ‘How would you feel if you couldn’t run?‘”

″‘Hop on my back,’ he says. ‘Look into the water and tell me what you see.’ Sighing, Magpie does as he asks. Reflected in the water are clouds and sky and trees- and something else. ‘I see a strange new creature!’ she says. ‘That is us,’ says Dog. ‘Now hold on tight!‘”

“Magpie draws her body into the shadow of the rocks, until she feels herself melting into blackness.”