The next day, Miku had been reading some of her books about flowers and astronomy. They were fascinating books with lots of pictures and they were some of the few she hadn't read yet. After a while, she heard the birds chirping outside, so she closed the book she was reading and set it neatly on her bed, wheeling herself over to the window.<br/><br/>There was the cutest little blue-jay sitting on her window sill. She reached out her hand, hoping it would climb on, but the creature became frightened and flew away. Miku watched the bird fly off, envious of its wings. She was about to turn away, when something caught her eye. Down in the garden, an old woman was sitting on their bench.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Whatever is she doing there?</span>Miku wondered, watching the woman. The woman showed no signs of going to the front door to ring the doorbell or anything, so Miku decided she should let her father know about it. She wheeled herself down out of her room and over to her father's office. She could hear the shuffling of paper inside and hoped she wouldn't be interrupting anything too important.<br/><br/>The girl gave a slight knock on the door and was given an invitation inside. Miku turned the knob and pushed the door open, wheeling her way so she was positioned before his desk. "Hello father," she said politely. "I hope I'm not interrupting anything, but there's an old woman sitting in our garden. I've never seen her around before, and I thought I should let you know."