By means of this spell, you use an animal to deliver a message. Choose a tiny beast you can see within range, such as a squirrel, a fish, or a bird. Then specify a location - which you must have visited - and a recipient who matches a general description, such as a man or woman dressed in a particular uniform, or a red-fured tabaxi wearing blackened leather boots. You then speak a message of up to twenty-five words. The chosen animal travels for the duration of the spell towards the specified location, covering about 50 miles per 24 hours for a flying messenger or 25 miles for other animals.

When the messenger arrives, it delivers your message to the creature that you described. Your target is enabled to understand the animal during the delivery by means of this spell. The messenger speaks only to a creature matching the description you gave. If the messenger doesn't reach its destination or is unable the target you described at the location before the spell ends, the message is lost, and the beast makes its way back to where you cast this spell.