Arthur awakened Link at mid-morning. Link got up, put on his boots, and rolled his bedroll. Arthur asked him "How much do you know of magic, Link?"
The Kokiri answered "Not much, Arthur. Why?"
Arthur said, "The carpenter's daughter tends some cuccos to the back of Impa's house. Her cuccos have all gotten out of their pen! The young lady offered me a bottle like yours if I could help her corral her cuccos! She said that it was magic, and quite valuable. I tried to help her anyway, because it was the right thing to do. But the cuccos were too fast for me! How much is that bottle worth?"
Link answered, "If it's like the one I carry, it is a 'fairy bottle,' and it's priceless! Only fairy bottles can hold magic potions, or carry healing fairies. I don't know if anyone even makes them anymore. Do they, Navi?"
The fairy answered "No. The Kokiri Battle Fairies used to make them years ago. But when Ganondorf cursed us, we no longer had the strength to forge the glass!
"But you can use another one! Let's corral the cuccos for the lady! Maybe she'll give us the bottle, Link!"
Link said, "Thanks for telling me this, Arthur! And thanks again to you, Jardain, for letting me spend the night here."
Jardain answered, "Thank you, Link! Go with fortune." Link left the once and future counting house and entered into a sunny mid-morning in Kakariko Village.
Kakariko village was triangular in shape, with the corners being north, southwest, and southeast. The southwest corner led to Hyrule Field. The southeast corner led to the Kakariko graveyard, where important Sheikah and Hyleans were buried or entombed; even the Royal Tomb was located there. A sentry and a closed gate guarded the north corner. This path led up Death Mountain itself. The village was set on four levels. The lowest held the village common, well, and inn. The next highest level ran along the south of the village. Several houses, including Jardain's house, Impa's old house, the village windmill, and the cucco coop stood on this ledge, along with the entrance to the graveyard. The top two ledges were in the north end of the village. They held several shops and homes, and the village tavern.
Link walked to the cucco coop, which was next to the path to the graveyard. He saw the woman there. She appeared to be sixteen or seventeen years old, and looked more Hylean than Sheikah. She was five and a half feet tall, and weighed about nine stone. She was an attractive woman, with dark red hair and green eyes. Link asked her, "What's wrong, ma'am?"
She said, "What should I do? My cuccos have all flown away!" She paused, and spoke again. "You, little boy, please! Please help me bring them back to this pen!"
Link said silently to Navi, "She has a lot of nerve! 'Little boy?'"
Navi answered, "Be patient, Link! You are only eleven! Among the Sheikah, that makes you a boy, not a man. And you aren't even four feet tall! Besides, she will give you the fairy bottle you need."
Link asked, "How can you tell?"
The fairy answered, "I can see into her heart. She will be so grateful once we've penned her cuccos that she will give you the bottle without your even asking her for it!" Link accepted this, and set to work penning the fugitive fowl.
He spied the first one at the opposite end of the village. He knew it was her cucco because hers was the only cucco coop in the entire village. He sprinted across the width of the village and quickly plucked the cucco from the ground. The bird immediately started crowing and flapping its wings! Link said silently to Navi, "This bird is strong! If it were any stronger, it could fly!" The fairy answered, "They can fly for short distances!" Link replied as he ran the bird back to the coop, "Well, this one is flying home!" He gently tossed the bird back into its coop. The girl exclaimed "Thank you! Only six more to go!"
After recapturing the first two-and-a-half-stone bird, Link was tempted to tell the girl where to go! But he saw the second and third birds! The second bird was only fifteen short yards away! But the third bird was on the other side of a tall fence Link had no hope of ever climbing, much less while carrying a chicken weighing almost half of what he did! Navi thought quickly, and gave Link an idea!
"Link, you can get to the cucco beyond the fence without any trouble! Take the cucco closest to us and catch it. Then, run up the stairs of the windmill, and jump across to the porch rail of the shop behind the fence!" Link answered in his mind, "I couldn't make that jump empty handed! How will I make it with a thirty-five pound cucco in my arms!" The fairy retorted, "You won't carry the cucco, it will carry you! Hold it by its lower legs. When you jump, it will try to fly" Link was almost disbelieving. But he had seen so many things in the past days that were unbelievable that he decided to try it!
He ran to the second cucco and picked it up. He then ran back towards the cucco coop, turned to his left, and ran up the stairs of the windmill! He ran past the windmill door, and jumped off the rail-less end of the windmill porch! With the cucco's furious flapping of its wings, he was carried gracefully the twenty feet to the porch rail of the fenced-in shop! He let go of the cucco and grabbed the porch rail, letting the cucco drop down to the ground outside of the fence. He climbed over the railing, and stood on the porch itself. To his left was the door to the shop. To the right of the door was a sign that read: "Granny's Potion Shop." Below that was a hand-written note, which read: "Closed. Gone for Field Study. Please come again!"
The shop building itself was a strange affair. It had no windows, and was sided with rusty iron sheets of various sizes. It was forty-eight feet wide and sixty feet long. It had a stone foundation that stood almost a full story high. Link paid little attention to the shop, though. He still had cuccos to corral.
Cucco number three was below him on the ground. Cucco number four was on a very tall ledge, which was in fact part of the foothills into which Kakariko was built. But, there was a ladder leading up to the ledge. Link jumped down from the porch for Granny's Potion Shop, and grabbed cucco number three. He climbed back up the steps, and threw the large fowl over the railing to the ground outside the fence. He jumped off of the porch again, this time landing at the base of the ladder. He quickly climbed the ladder and caught the cucco. He jumped off of the tall ledge, cucco in hand, aiming for the coop. He floated gently down ten feet from the coop, with the help of the cucco. He threw the bird into the coop, then recaptured cuccos two and three. He deposited the birds in their pen, then started to look for the other three birds.
He found cucco number five on a fenced off ledge on the porch for Jardain's former counting house! But he had no way to get it without another cucco! He looked around, and found cucco number six hiding behind a crate next to the inn that abutted the west side of Granny's Potion Shop! He used cucco number six to float from the unfinished building onto the ledge. He threw that cucco off of the porch, toward the coop, and grabbed the bird that was roosting on the ledge. He jumped off of the porch, and floated gently toward the coop. He deposited cucco number six, then recaptured cucco number five, and deposited it.
He had to go all the way to the north end of Kakariko Village to find cucco number seven! But find it he did! It was sitting out in the open, waiting for him to catch it. He caught the bird, and ran back to the coop. He deposited the last wandering cucco into its pen, and turned back to the carpenter's daughter.
She said, "Thank you for finding my cuccos! I have allergies, so I get goose bumps when I touch them. For helping me, I will give this to you. It's fine glass, and should be useful. Please take good care of it!" She handed Link a fairy bottle. Link tied the fairy bottle to his t-frame. He then said, "Thank you, ma'am. If you're allergic to cuccos, how did you come to be keeping them?"
The woman answered, "My brother was keeping them. But he hasn't been well for the past few years. I keep them for him, until he gets better." Link replied, "I hope that's soon ma'am."
The woman replied, "Thank you, young boy. What is your name?" Link answered, "Link." Just then, the woman noticed Navi floating overhead. She blushed, and stammered, "I'm sorry, sir! I thought you were Hylean…" Link replied, "That's all right. By the ages of your people, I am still a boy. And my people don't travel abroad that often anymore."
She replied, "You are truly a gallant person, Link, whatever your age!" He said, "Thank you ma'am, I must go." She asked, "Do you go to visit the Duke's grave? Go with fortune." Link replied, "And you, ma'am." He turned to the graveyard path and walked.