Mathilda
Even though I had seen it twice now, I still could not believe that this place existed, that it was a reality covered in transcendence.
I ran to the little oak tree like a three-year-old girl. The nightingales did not budge as I entered their dominion for they were all busy with their carol. I tapped a branch. Nothing. I threw a stone. Still nothing. And so, I shouted. And all of the fowls flew off their nests like a blanket of black feathers, and then they scattered until there was none left.
Long enough that, I noticed that the meadow quieted down. For a second I thought that they would migrate somewhere else because of my insolence, but they flew back again altogether.