Ira fearfully but smiling, looked up and met the hippogriff's eyes. Gosh! They seemed so large and were orange-ish. She offered him the ferret which evidently it was interested in.

Please...please..don't eat my whole hand!!! Thinking like that, Ira waited for the hippogriff to come nearer and accept the food. It seemed good. Thankfully the hippogriff bowed down again and took the dead ferret offered only, leaving Ira's hand intact! Then Ira extended her other hand and offered the dead insects too. The hippogriff seemed happy on being offered both ferret and insects now.

Then Ira tried to pet it... "Will you let me caress you...please?" Ira asked timidly the hippogriff. It did not seem angered at all. Instead surprisingly, it bowed and sat down near Ira, willing to be caressed.