Dalila, upon hearing the voice, started back from the basket, dropping the lid with a muted thud, and looked around for the source of the voice. Uh oh, she thought, and she flew up into the tree above, perching on one of the branches, and watched Banjo come onto the grass next to the lake.
"You, uh, left your basket here, I was just checking to make sure nothing was going, uh, bad in it...." She lashed her tail back and forth nervously, hoping Banjo wouldn't be angry, since, you know, she hadn't actually taken any fish... Yet.