Birdspell

Tom can't legitimise his horror of fairgrounds when all his friends love them, so he suffers further guilt and torment by fibbing his way out of going. This intimate sharing of a real (and common?) dilemma helps to make Tom's future experiences honest and acceptable. His not going takes him to the Square where he's subject to 'Birdspell'. It's when the sun comes out 'in a long sweeping band as if blown there by a wind' and 'the bird fancier had no shadow' that wonderful magic begins to unravel. With it comes an important message - that for others to see what we see, we must make it real for them. Great, inspirational stuff!