The eagle batted its golden eye and looked accusingly at him, as if it was Parnard's fault that it was so cold, and he was so far from the Valley, and so tired from roaming all night searching for him.
His left hand wavered in the air in front of the sharp beak as his right hand crept forward to remove the small scroll tied to its leg.
"Confounded bird!" he cried out, as the eagle nipped at him again and again, and struck him full in the face with its wing.
