A little bird swept its gaze around where it stood steadily perched. It could see the massive iron doors not far from where it was. In front of the doors stood two soldiers holding long metallic spears with sharp pointed tips. A gush of strong wind then swept across the trimmed hedge outside the Sothian Palace, atop which the little brown bird was perched. The strong wind shook the hedge vigorously, swinging its leaves from side to side and making the little bird uncomfortable where it stood. As the wind continued to shake the hedge, the bird immediately jumped off the twig it had been standing on, immediately opening out its tiny wings and beginning to flap them speedily. It then now rose into the air beyond the trimmed hedge, swinging to its right side and now flying right in front of

