Entranced by the Ravens

"As if in a trance, Peter got up and walked outside.  The bird began to fly away, slowly, and Peter followed it.  As Peter walked along the street, more ravens began to gather around him.  He thought he heard a voice calling him, but it was faint and overshadowed by the resounding beat of wings, heavy and dreamlike.   He ended up in a park of some kind, surrounded by maple trees whose sap poured out in a slow but endless stream, forming sugary pools around their roots, where toads wallowed in the sweetness... The raven flock had surrounded him now, and he was caught in a swarm of feathers and piercing eyes."