Sam looks up, and while normally the sight of a glowing, talking, walking statue would be enough to frighten him into running away, he's so offended at the golem's words that all he can do is glare.

"Evil!" he cries, and looks back with bewilderment and pity at the bird. "These innocent animals? They haven't done a thing. The poor creatures. I wonder what happened to them all?" He sniffles again, nudging sadly at a broken wing.