 ~ Mrs. Steve Harrington ~ It be like that sometimes.
There was her answer to her question. And so it seemed that the birds would not vanish eventually {until they died, of course}. Claudine was super pleased that the feathery creatures would be released and she gave Carton a happy smile that had become rare these days.
Right.
Back to the activity.
With practice down and the images of the birds that she wanted to conjure in her head, she hurried off to collect a cage. Once back at her earlier spot, the cage was set down on the bench. Here went nothing. Claudine pictured the exotic, colourful bird in her mind: a black beak as well as talons red and yellow wings, green back, red legs, yellow underbelly and head.
“Avis.’’ As per norm, her incantation was commanding and full of confidence. There was a loud BANG {which made her jump} and some smoke. However, the smoke was so little that it cleared in a second. But was there a macaw anywhere close? No. Claudine was not surprised.
So she tried again. And again and again. Claudine made sure the incantation and wand movement were correct each time. Bangs and a whole lot of smoke later, there was still no macaw around. |