He put a thin piece of wood on the broken leg to hold it straigth. while he was mending the bird's leg, he told her about the birds in his enclosure The geese in the enclosure flew all the way from Iceland and Spitzbergen. he told her. "They arrive in October They make the sky dark because there are so many of them. The sound of their wings is like a strong wind. He finished mending the leg. Then they went outside and put the snow goose with the other birds. As he placed her gently in the enclosure, Philip said, In a few days she'll be much better. We'll call her the Last Princess. The girl looked pleased. Then she noticed that some of the birds were unable to fly. What's the matter with those birds?' she asked. She pointed at two birds who were trying to fly. I've cut the ends of their wings, he said, 'so they cant fly. They have to stay here.