![]() ![]() The Wart is then awakened, in his own bed, by Kay, who claims that the Wart was snoring "like a goose" all night. Eventually, the Wart and the other geese migrate across the North Sea. Lyo-lyok, a female goose, befriends the Wart and becomes his temporary mentor. As one of approximately four hundred geese, the Wart learns of their music, traditions, and migratory rituals. Archimedes informs the Wart that Merlyn wants him to become a wild goose the Wart then finds himself flying in the "enormous flatness" of the air. The boy is then transformed into an owl and is taught to fly by Archimedes, who also lectures him on the gracefulness of the plover (another different breed of bird). That night, Archimedes comes to the Wart and tells him to eat a mouse - which, oddly, the Wart does without any "nasty" feelings. Kay, who enters after having killed a thrush with his crossbow, interrupts their discussion. Merlyn offers his theory on the origin of birds' language, claiming that birds have grown to imitate their prey and the sounds of their surroundings. The Wart, Merlyn, and Archimedes begin discussing the language of birds and each of their favorites: The Wart votes for the rook, Archimedes for the pigeon, and Merlyn for the chaffinch. On an afternoon in the early spring, Merlyn announces to the Wart that he needs "another dose of education." The Wart asks to be transformed into a bird, but not a hawk, because he wants to learn to fly (as a hawk, he was confined to the mews). ![]()
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