Magpie Quotes

“I will never again be able to fly.”

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

“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?‘”

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

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

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

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