Aggie thought about this for a while as she groomed her feathers. "Well then, it must have been someone carrying a torch. It's dark over there by the trees."

"No, it wasn't a torch either," answered Ella. "It was smaller than a torch beam."

"So this was a really tiny light," said Aggie. She was beginning to get impatient.

Ella nodded, and said that she thought it might be magic.

"Oh, nonsense," retorted Aggie. "There's no such thing. At least, I don't think there is."