Miranda

Miranda is the main character of Bird and the perspective from which the story is told. Miranda's origins are a mystery, but to the reader and to herself. She is a very small, wispy, bird-like girl who begins the story bewildering and stuck in some brush. She is then found by Wysteria Barrows and her Hounds and taken into the Manor to work for Wysteria largely as a slave. Miranda is a slight, quiet character who takes pleasures in small things, like lighting the Manor's lamp each night. However, she is very lonely, as Wysteria does not permit her to leave the Manor and no one visits the Manor at all. Miranda is thus delighted when she is fortunate enough to meet a boy named Farley who immediately takes a liking to her and helps her to find Red Dragon, the kite that she loved.

Miranda gradually realizes...