The birds no longer hovered over him; they had got tired of him, and he was tired of them.
Over woodland and heath, flood and fen, they flew on, till they reached the wild moor, over which they hovered in broad circles.
Now they hovered through the air, now glided along the ground.
Here they remained, and the angel hovered over a small, narrow street, in which lay a large heap of straw, ashes, and sweepings from the houses of people who had removed.
They hovered over the roof, twisted their long necks and flapped their wings, but no one heard them or saw them, so they were at last obliged to fly away, high up in the clouds; and over the wide world they flew till they came to a thick, dark wood, which stretched far away to the seashore.
