Straightening at the whistle, Waful puffed his breast feathers and made sure every owl around him or looking at him knew that he had heard the call and that yes he was that important. Hooting loudly as the snowy owl took flight, he swooped in just above the shopkeepers shoulder to give the entire room a proper circumnavigation and swooped in low and close to each child with a delighted screech before landing ceremoniously on the front desk. With another hoot hoot, because did they all see he had arrived and with flare??, the owl eagerly nipped at the man's fingers.
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