"True. So the sorcerer was about to go over to the pool and finish her off when a piercing cry filled the air. The door--which the sorcerer hadn't had time to close--was suddenly filled with a stampede of deer, badgers, wolverines, and other animals. They charged the sorcerer, knocked him down, trampled him, and then fled before he had time to retaliate.
This didn't kill the sorcerer, of course, because he was very magic. But now he was a little singed and a lot battered and very ticked off."