After a long argument, Ann agreed to let Theora keep the baby hawk. The main reasons she had agreed were probably because she didn't believe the bird would make it in the first place after having looked at it, and because Theora's dad had long emphasized what a good thing it was for Theo to develop an attachment to a pet; As he told his wife, he liked it a lot better than his nine-year-old learning to kill rabbits. Thus, Theora won another argument ever with her mother and got to place the baby hawk in a special, sun-lit spot in their kitchen. Instead of wandering off like she usually would have after breakfast, she spent time watching the baby hawk, telling her parents about everything she observed. As usual, her dad had to leave as soon as he was ready for his morning rounds of the villa
