It is much easier to tame them in winter, when the snow has fallen and food is scarce, but it only takes a little while to win a bird's confidence at any season." "Birds don't know what there is to be afraid of," she said.
"Your pardon," said the Harvester, "but I am familiar with them, and that is not correct.

They have more to fear than human beings.

No one is going to kill you merely to see if he can shoot straight enough to hit.
Your life is not in danger because you have magnificent hair that some woman would like for an ornament.

You will not be stricken out in a flash because there are a few bits of meat on your frame some one wants to eat.

No one will set a seductive trap for you, and, if you are tempted to enter it, shut you from freedom and natural diet, in a cage so small you can't turn around without touching bars.