(Sorry its so big) 
Sparrow wrote: Sparrow herd loud noise in distance and chirped, flying to the top of a tall pine tree, the sharp pine needles poking at her, though she barely felt them at all, and was a lot more concerned about the loud noise. She bobbed her and let out a chirp of relief as lightning flashed and she realized it was just thunder. Sparrow flew down to a lower perch where she could stay dry when it started to rain, and, as it happens, started to pour just then, and Sparrow just peered through the pine tree's branches watching the rain as it hit the ground with a pitter patter noise.
When the storm stopped, Sparrow flew out into the crispy cool air that was fresh smelling after the rain, gliding down toward the stream where she caught two crayfish, then flew off toward a patch of thistles, and nestled deep in the thistles, ate the crayfish happily, before curling her tail around herself and falling asleep, safe deep in the patch of thistles.
A little while later, Sparrow was awoken with a start by a noisy flock of birds that had flown into a tree near the thistle patch. Sparrow flew off quickly, startled and very annoyed at the loud flock of birds.
Sparrow wrote:Sparrow puffed out her chest, letting out an angry chirp. The raccoon backed up a little, still holding Sparrow's catch of two crayfish in it's paws. Sparrow didn't care if it hunted it's own crayfish, only when it hunted hers. The raccoon dropped one of the crayfish, and Sparrow darted forward and shoved it behind her with her tail, and then puffed out her chest even more. The raccoon hissed, and Sparrow stepped back, but then darted forward again and snatched the other crayfish from the raccon's paws. Sparrow flapped her wings, grabbing the crayfish in her jaws and flying close to the ground into a large patch of thistles, where she could ate her crayfish in peace and not be disturbed by raccoons trying to make off with her meal.
Sparrow had finished eating and was drifting off asleep when she herd rustling. She peeked out of the thistles and spotted a large, stray tabby cat stalking a mouse. She flicked her tail, making one of the thistles move, and the cat looked over, spotting her. This time, shyness and fear of the cat overtook her, and she flapped up to the top of a tall tree, watching as the cat flicked it's tail in annoyance and continued stalking the mouse.
Sparrow wrote:Sparrow let out an annoyed chirp as a raindrop hit her nose. It was raining, and she was trying to help Lemon get a bunch of thistles that were stuck on her shirt off. In return, Lemon said she would give Sparrow some gumdrops, her favorite and only " human made" food she would eat. Sparrow was soaked, but kept thinking about the gumdrops and continued picking the thistles off of Lemon. With the help of Sparrow, Lemon was soon completely free of thistles. Lemon then thanked Sparrow and dropped three gumdrops on the ground. Sparrow cocked her head and let out a angry chirp, puffing out her chest and spreading her wings, as if saying, "that's it?" and so Lemon dropped five more gumdrops on the ground. Sparrow nodded and began to eat the gumdrops as Lemon said goodbye and vanished into the trees. Suddenly, a crow flew down from the tree, trying to get at Sparrow's gumdrops. Sparrow chirped loudly, loosing her temper and charging at the crow, which cawed and flew away. Sparrow then at the rest of her gumdrops and then flew up into a tall tree to sleep.
Later, Sparrow was woke up by the same noisy crow. She lost her temper again, and angrily chased the crow that had awoken her from a sound sleep. The crow let out two loud caws before vanishing behind a tree. Sparrow, shaking her head, flew down and perched on a branch for a minute, and then flying off to look for a patch of thistles. When she found a nice big patch of them, she flew down and nestled into the thistles comfortably.
Sparrow wrote:Sparrow woke up cranky as ever, and the birds, who were being extra loud that day, were not helping. When Lemon brought Sparrow some gumdrops, Sparrow just flew away from a confused Lemon without even eating one gumdrop. Normally, Sparrow would never turn down a gumdrop, and also usually gives Lemon a chirp when she comes by. Today, she didn't do any of those things. Needing to calm down, she flew down to a creek and landed right in the water. She flapped her wings, sending water droplets flying, and chirped. Suddenly, she spotted a crayfish, and swiftly caught it. She ate it while still in the creek, and then when she finished it, splashed out of the water and went off to find some thistles.
Soon, she found a patch of them, sunlight streaming through the the canopy of trees surrounding the patch and onto Sparrow, quickly drying her off, making it easier for her to fly. She flew over to a pine tree and perched on the very top branch, spotting Lemon walking through the forest with the gumdrops. Sparrow jumped off of the tree and flew after Lemon, landing on her shoulder. Lemon jumped, but then relaxed when she saw it was Sparrow. She held out her hand, which had six gumdrops in it, and Sparrow ate them eagerly. It appeared that she was over her crankiness, and so Lemon said goodbye to Sparrow and left, vanishing into the trees, heading out of the woodlands. Sparrow simply spread her wings and flew up into a tree.
As the sun was starting to set, Sparrow went looking for some crab apples. She found some, but to her dismay they where all rotten and there was wasps swarming around one. She became cranky again as it started to rain as she searched for mole berries instead. She found some mole berries, grabbed a dozen of them, and flew off to a patch of thistles. She ate them, and then looked up as clouds passed over the moon and it began to rain even harder. Sighing, she curled up under a unusually large thistle, and started to drift asleep.
Sparrow wrote:Sparrow watched as Lemon emerged from behind a bush. "Sparrow?" She said, looking around. Sparrow flew down and perched on top of the bush. She chirped, and flapped her wings, flying onto Lemon's shoulder. Lemon held out her hand, which had gumdrops on it, and ate one. But suddenly, Lemon's finger rubbed against Sparrow's bandana, and Sparrow let out an angry chirp, puffed out her chest and spread her wings. What happened? Lemon thought in confusion. Sparrow was quite a mystery at times.
Sparrow watched as Lemon put the remaining gumdrops on the ground and walk away. She felt a little bad about how she just flew away from Lemon, but she hated when anyone even brushed their hand against on of her items. Sparrow flapped her wings and looked around. It was a sunny, warm day, though deep in the woodlands it was quite cool. Sparrow spotted a woodland vole looking for seeds, but instead found one of the gumdrops. Thinking that a gumdrop most likely wasn't good for a little vole, Sparrow flew down, nudging the vole with her wings toward some seeds, and ate the gumdrops so no other little animal would come along and eat them.
Sparrow glided just above the woodland's canopy. The mild breeze felt good, and Sparrow's bandana's were blown back gently. Suddenly, Sparrow felt something. She turned around to see her tail bandana had slipped off and was falling toward the ground. Sparrow folded her wings and dove after if, letting out an annoyed chirp as she was unable to get through the canopy of a large tree. She went over to a smaller tree and managed to get through it's canopy, but when she got down to the woodland floor she didn't see her bandana anywhere. Suddenly, a bush rustled, and Sparrow quickly flew up to a branch where she perched, and then relaxed as Lemon came out of a bush with... her bandana! Sparrow flew down and patiently waited while Lemon tied her bandana back onto her tail.
Sparrow wrote:Sparrow lay on her back, gazing up at the sky. Birds flew across it and clouds drifted slowly. Lemon was there, also gazing at the sky. "That cloud looks like a crayfish." Lemon said, pointing at a cloud that did resemble a crayfish. Sparrow flicked her tail and chewed on one of the gumdrops Spring had brought for her. She chewed the gumdrop slowly and then swallowed it, her mouth watering. Sparrow thought gumdrops were the only human food worthy of a Thistle Rune Dragon. Sparrow smiled and flapped her wings, but then suddenly it started to drizzle and the sky got cloudy. Lemon said bye to Sparrow and headed towards her home.
Sparrow went to wait out a storm in a tree, and was starting to drift off into sleep when she was startled by a frightened chirp. She looked down and saw that a baby woodpecker had been blown out of it's nest by the wind, that had picked up. She flew down, and rolled it over with her wing. Sparrow chirped, seeing that it was still alive, and took it back up to it's nest, but then she noticed it's wing was hurt. She pulled out a few of her own feathers, and lay them around the little woodpecker, who's wing almost immediately started to heal. Sparrow smiled, and then flew back down to her perch to wait out the storm.









Takiainen Wrote:
The forest was deep, dark and mysterious. All the animals have their way of getting what they want, and they often bullied me to get at my things. I learned in the first month to stay high up in the trees, that way I could not be reached by any ground animals. But then the birds discovered my hollow, and started harassing me to move out. Unfortunately, I gave in, and flew away, but found a nice little burrow in the fields. I think the humans discovered me about a year after I moved in. I could see them watching me through the shrubbery. One day, they decided to approach me and my nest. One of the humans tripped and jammed a sharp rock into his knee. He wailed loudly for hours while the other humans tried to help. I eventually got sick of it, and decided to help him. I trotted over to the human, and yanked the rock out of his knee. He screamed, and attempted to smack me, but I dodged his hand just in time. I waved my wing over the injury about five times, and when I took my wing away, the wound was healed. all the humans looked at me in awe, as I walked back to my burrow. Suddenly, I felt a hand wrap around me, and I was lifted into the air. One of the humans was holding me, and the others were getting stuff out of their bags. I tried struggling free, but that only made the human tighten his grip. One of the humans took out a syringe, and stuck it into my wing. He filled it with my blood, and put the syringe into a plastic baggie. Another human took out another baggie, and filled it with all of the feathers from my left wing. They dropped me on the ground, and ran away.
Takiainen Wrote:
I had just flown into a maple tree in someone's backyard, when I heard a voice. " Who are you?" A rather small Rune had snuck up on me. She was wearing a nightcap, and looked rather sleepy.
"I am Takiainen, and you are?"
"Malki. I live in that house." She pointed over to a small cottage beyond the trees."My bearer and I live in that cottage. Who's your bearer? Maybe I know him."
"Umm... I don't have a bearer."
"Oh. Do you want one?"
"I don't know. It might be nice not to have to go scavenging for food. Just having someone bring it to you daily."
"Great! I'll go get my bearer. Maybe she knows someone who can adopt you!" Malki flew off to go get his bearer.
"Ugh, Malki what do you want! I was very busy!" Malki pointed to the tree that I was in. I flew down to meet his bearer. "Who is this?" I had landed on a lower branch so she could see me. But as she approached me, I freaked out, and scratched her hand. "Ouch!" And with that, she ran back to the cottage.
"Oh, you've really made her angry!" Malki said.
"I'm sorry...it was just an impulse for me." I started to approach Malki.
"Don't hurt me!" he said, and then flew back to the cottage.
Oh great. I thought to myself. After one bad experience, I've become an anti-social, malicious beast. Malki's bearer finally came back--but with a cage.
"Come here little guy! I've got some food for you!" I wanted to resist, but it had been days since I had eaten. I had to get that food. I swooped into the cage, where a pile of strawberries was waiting for me. Suddenly, the cage door slammed shut. "Now, time to get you to the adoption agency." I thrashed at the door, trying to break free, but it was no use. The door was latched tightly, and tied with a rope. I just had to wait and see where I was going. As the car putted along the dirt road, I started fidgeting with the bangles on my tail. It kept me from getting too nervous. We finally pulled up to a small brick building, that was damaged by age. We got out of the car, and Malki's bearer brought my cage in. She walked up to the front desk, and placed my cage there. She also took out a sticky note, and pasted it on my cage. "The adoption agency will find a good home for you." She murmured. Then she walked out of the agency, and within a few seconds, I could hear tires rolling along a gravel road.
Takiainen wrote:
It was a cold winter day in the forest. Most animals were hibernating, and the animals that were awake were very inactive. I thought this would make it a peaceful time for me to go on a quick flight around the forest. Man, was I wrong! A small market was going on in a clearing in the middle of the forest. All the animals were selling and trading there things. I thought it could be fun, so I flew back to my hollow, grabbed some trinkets I had found, and flew back to the market. The ground was bustling with customers, merchants shouting out deals, and people trying to barter with them. I managed to find an old tom cat who was selling some stuff from a previous owner. "Wow, look at all this stuff!" I said, examining each item with care.
"Yeah, my owners spoiled me rotten. Too bad I had to run away when I found out they were going to put me down."
"Why?"
"I don't know. Something about a leg injury. So one night, I just packed up my stuff, and ran away."
"Wow! Hey, how much do you want for those." I pointed to a set of silver and gold rings.
"Umm I don't know. Let's see what you got." I pulled out my bag-o-stuff, and let the tom examine it. "Ooh... how about this." He picked up a pair of goggles and put them on his face. "I have vision problems, and these really help me see."
"Sure, they're yours. And how about for these?" I pointed at a few pieces of torn red fabric.
"Just take 'em. Part of the goggle exchange."
"Thanks!" The tom gave me the rings and the fabric, and I put them into the bag I had brought. I headed back to my hollow, had having a lot of fun at the market, and looked at the stuff I had got. I took out the rings and the fabric, and put them on. I strung the bigger rings on my tail, and put the smaller ones on my feet. The bigger piece of fabric I tied around my neck, and the smaller one I tied to my tail. After a long day, I descended into a long, blissful sleep.





Trades: Open (Read my Rules, not super responsive rn)
PM's: Open
.: Cautious :. .: Hot Tempered :. .: Polite :. .: Caring :. .: Skittish :.
~Gretel was very wary when we first met and even though she's still cautious, it seems she's getting used to me being around and often she stops on a branch to watch me more intently that I watch her sometimes.
~Another thing I've learned about Gretel is that she has a rather bad temper. I found this out while following her while she was flying around the trees looking for plants to use one day. She had landed on the ground about a yard in front of me in a clearing and I walked slowly over, not wanting to surprise her, and when I came to the clearing I couldn't finds her I walked around and out of nowhere she landed on my head and flapped her wings in my face and I had to take cover in the denser part of the forest until she calmed down. It turned out I had trampled a pile of leaves that she was colecting, but I was able to make it up to her by helping her find more of the plant.
~She's been oddly polite with me for a rune dragon, though I haven't met too many runes yet, and while I was looking for her in the woods she landed on a low branch that reached just above my head. I was surprised at first and then dumbfounded as she chirped out something that had to be a 'hello' or 'good morning' and waved her wing. After I waved back she nodded and turned around to fly off. When I left again she chirped again and waved her wing, I gave wave back and she seemed very pleased by this. We have continued this greeting ever since.
~Even with her hot temper she has a very caring side to her and she's gentle while using her caring for anything that’s been hurt. For instance, I tripped and cut myself on a fallen branch once while watching her fly around the tops of the trees. It was a big cut and she landed next to me quickly and inspected it. She hopped around and gathered some herbs quickly took care of the wound and while I let the herbs help heal my cut, when she had finished putting the leaves on, she jumped onto my lap and nestled herself into the side of my jacket and slept there until I had to get up and head home. She flew back to her nest and even though she never seemed to think much of it, I never forgot that little act of kindness she showed.
~Gretel tends to be very skittish and doesn't like to be surprised, but she's gotten a little better since I found her. I know that the reasons for her skittish ways are because of the people who have tried to capture her and take her feathers and her blood. But I’ve been able to keep an eye on her and make sure no one that means her harm ever touches her. I think that's the main reason she has grew a liking to me and has allowed me to follow her and watch her, she even let me stroke her several times one day.
WIPA day with Gretel
I left my house and put on my backpack filled with anything that I might need while in the woods and I got on my bike and rode started the two mile trek to the woods. After crossing many streets and dodging people I rode onto a dusty path that lead into the forest. I finally stopped and set my bike against a tree and took a moment to catch my breath and then headed into the cool woods. I didn't take the already made path, but instead I walked into the bushes. After a ways I started to slow and look around, searching for a familiar sight, until my eyes caught something. I smiled and headed toward a large tree with a hole in the trunk just out on my reach. I whistled a little tune and after a moment Gretel stuck her head out of the hole and yawned.
"Good afternoon sleepy head." I said with a smile. Gretel stood at the edge of the hole and streached her wings, gave her chirp and wave and then glided down to me and landed on a rock. I nelt down and offered my wrist to her and she slowly stepped onto it, I had been able to convince her to do so which took weeks, and then she climbed up my arm and hopped on my head and I laughed. She went down my other arm and then jumped onto my knee and continued to search my pockets. I laughed again and held up my hands.
"I'm sorry Gretel, I didn't bring you anything." I told her but she only glared at me and hopped onto my backpack and unzipped it and climbed in. She rummaged around and I took off my backpack and carefully set it down and waited until she climbed out and held a bright red feather in her mouth. She set it down and gave me a look that said, 'Then what it this?' and I laughed.
"I was only jokeing Gretel," I told her, "I hope you like it." She happily picked up the feather and then flew up to her nest and I stood up to look in. She had countless red items that I had given her and I watched her tuck the feather into a crack in the wood and then looked back at me. I stepped back and let her come out.
"Don't worry Gretel, I won't take anything." I said and then picked up my backpack while she waited on the rock. Once I had everything ready I turned to her.
"Where are we going to explore today?" I asked and she gave a happy chirp and flew off.

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