the great horned owl was a very large bird. his whole body was covered with brown, dull yellow, and white feathers. even his feet and legs were covered, and all that you could see besides were his black claws and his black hooked bill. yes, at night you could see his eyes, too, and they were wonderful great eyes that could see in the dark, but they were shut in the daytime when he was resting. his wife, who was the queen of the forest at night, looked exactly like him, only she was larger than he. and that is the way among owls, the wife is always larger than her husband.