Carmen and Amy went into town to speak with elderly people who had been living there for a long time. Carmen was convinced that someone must know something about this bird. When she asked an old lady the question, she looked at her in shock and walked away. What was happening? All the people the two women approached seemed too frightened to talk about the bird.
Amy struggled with her decision to join Carmen, who wanted to return to where the creature was. She managed to convince her friend to buy earplugs. This would reduce the noise produced by the bird. In theory, they wouldn’t end up unconscious. But that was only in theory…