Complex sentence: A knight then came to kill her and upon being attacked she transformed herself into a wren to escape safely; in response the villagers beat the bushes with sticks and caught and burnt any wrens that flew out in an attempt to kill her.
Split into simpler sentences: A knight then came to kill her and upon being attacked she transformed herself into a wren to escape safely. In response the villagers beat the bushes with sticks and caught and burnt any wrens that flew out in an attempt to kill her.