This chapter opens with a flashback to the events of the previous chapter, in which the sparrow is injured by the magpie, who is trying to protect him from his sister's attack. The bird's sister apologizes to the magpie for the accident, but the bird is adamant that she is not to blame for it. She says that the magpie intended to kill the sparrow, but that he missed the target. He is sorry to interrupt her, but he wants to become a wizard because she has set a great example for him, and he does not want to repeat this behavior. He says that he tried to create the bird even at the cost of the sparrow's life, and that he believes that he and his brother can save the sparrow from the magpie's evil attack.