Shahn gave a heavy sigh and dislodged an eagle feather that was lying on the shelf. It fluttered down, coming to rest on his chest.
Shahn felt something happening to him. he dared not move a muscle.
The feather attached itself onto his chest and then another one sprouted up next to it..then another, and another. Shahn just watched as the feathers multiplied, spreading over his chest, up his arms and over his face. They stopped at his wrists and he lost his little fingers as his hands grew into large yellow claws. His nosehardened and merged with his jawbone to become a beak.
Shahn was a gryphon!