T he city of King Magpie was more frightening to Princess Nell than any 
wilderness, and she would have sooner trusted her life to the wild beasts of 
the forest than to many of its people. They tried to sleep in a nice glade of 
trees in the middle of the city, which reminded Princess Nell of the glades on 
the Enchanted Isle. But before they could even make themselves comfortable, a 
hissing hyena with red eyes and dripping fangs came and chased them all 
away.