..made from bottles and oyster shells. Birds from the nearby Magpie woods descended on the tree and pecked furiously at the bark with its frilly petticoat shaped layers of shell and glassy surface. A young student from the college came through the woods feeling weary and confused about which direction to go. Suddenly a giant bird with eyes like black stones and claws like flint dropped on to the canopy of the tree. What do you want Fierce Bird? said the girl. And what did the bird want but....