Alyssa entered the Sanctuary and headed for the trees where she found the Jobberknoll feathers the other day. She had promised that she would return to feed them and maybe while she was there, she could talk with them too. She first went to the food bin and got a pail of insects for them to feed on. Then picking up the pail, she walked over to the trees and poured the dead insects onto the ground right beneath where she suspected they were hiding out. Then Alyssa sat on the grass and waited to see whether she could spot any movement.

After a while she thought she spotted some movement in the trees and a flash of speckled blue feathers, but didn't hear a sound at all and that was to be expected. She had read that Jobberknolls never made any noise or sounds unless they were about to die. Only then would they let out a long scream consisting of every sound they had ever heard. Alyssa had no wish to hear any screams today. So she just sat there under the tree and talked to them.

"Hi there, my name is Alyssa and I come from way across the ocean from a place called America. My Dad and my brothers and sisters live over there, while I'm studying over here. My Mom works here too, just to keep be nearer to me, but I know that she misses my Dad alot. Do you have family you miss too? I bet you must have family living in other parts of Europe. Say do any of you have family living in America too?"Alyssa suddenly realized that the Jobberknolls may actually have something in common with her after all.

"I bet you must have family living in America. Do you get to visit them? Can you fly that far?"Alyssa asked as she continued to talk with them. She talked for what seemed like hours but she knew that it was only a couple of minutes. None of them had come down to eat since she had been sitting under the tree, and she figured that they wouldn't, as long as she was there. So Alyssa decided to leave just so they would come down to eat. She stood up, brushed off the grass from her jeans and said,"Well it has been nice talking with all of you. Don't forget to come and eat now. You don't want the other animals to eat them up before you all get a chance to."

As Alyssa prepared to walk away, she noticed that there were more Jobberknoll feathers lying on the ground. So Alyssa picked them up and placed them in her bag. Since she had already given some to Professor Lafay, she figured that she would ask Professor Williamson whether he had any need for them. So before making her way to Professor Williamson's hut, Alyssa waved goodbye one more time to the Jobberknolls before she headed out of the Sanctuary.