THE EAGLE IS MY FRIEND

AT TIMES! IN MY DREAMS! I WOULD RIDE UPON THE MIDDLE OF THE WINGS BEHIND THE STRONG NECK OF THE GREAT BIRD! AND LITTLE TREASURE, MY DEAREST, NEAREST NEIGHBOR, WOULD RIDE ON THE BACK NEAR THE TAIL! SOMETIMES THE EAGLE WOULD CARRY US IN HER STRONG CLAWS! I WOULD RIDE IN THE RIGHT CLAW! AND LITTLE TREASURE WOULD RIDE IN THE LEFT CLAW!  LITTLE TREASURE WOULD FALL OFF A LOT,  AND TRY TO FLY BY HERSELF! BUT THE EAGLE LOVED US AS HER OWN! AND SHE WOULD CATCH LITTLE TREASURE EVERY TIME BY THE LONG BRAIDS OF HER LONG HAIR. SHE THOUGHT FALLING OFF WAS A LOT OF FUN!

    AT TIMES, THE EAGLE WOULD DROP LITTLE TREASURE BACK AT THE NEST. AND SOMETIMES, IT LOOKED LIKE SHE BOUNCED REAL HIGH! AND THEN THE EAGLE WOULD SMILE! AND LAUGH A HA! HA! HA! AND SO WOULD I LAUGH A HA! HA! HA! THE EAGLE NEVER MISSED! AS WE CIRCLED ABOUT… AIMING IN THE WIND AT THE NEST~~~~

     AT NIGHT, THE EAGLE WOULD REST IN THE TOP OF THE HIGHEST TREE NEAR THE NEST. AND ON COLD NIGHTS, LITTLE TREASURE WOULD SLEEP IN THE NEST! SOMETIMES WITH THE EGG…SOMETIMES WITH THE BABY CHICKS, TO STAY WARM.

     MOST OF THE TIME I WOULD BUILD A SMALL FIRE AND SLEEP IN A LITTLE CAVE NEAR THE NEST. I SLEPT IN THE NEST A FEW TIMES, BUT USUALLY,  IT WAS TOO OVERCROWDED WITH THE EGG, LITTLE TREASURE, AND THE BABY CHICKS!

     EVERY MORNING, THE SUN WOKE THE EAGLE UP FIRST! AND THEN I WOULD WAKE UP! AND THEN SOMETIMES LATER… LITTLE TREASURE WOULD AWAKE! ALL BRIGHT EYED AND HUNGRY! AND WAITING WITH THE BABYCHICKS! SEARCHING FOR FUN, FOOD, AND FRIENDSHIP IN THE WILDERNESS.

    THE BABY CHICKS ATE ONLY GOOD BIRD STUFF. AND LITTLE TREASURE WOULD EAT ONLY GOOD BERRIES, PEACHES, AND PLUMS! WHERE EVER THEY WERE FOUND! ON SOME MORNINGS, THE BABY CHICKS WOULD EAT A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH! AND THEY WOULD SLEEP ALL THE REST OF THE DAY. NOW WOULD YOU LOOK AT THOSE FAT CHICKS! AND WOULD YOU TAKE A LOOK AT LITTLE TREASURE! SHE’S TOO FULL! OF RED STRAWBERRIES! AND YELLOW PEARS!

    WE! THE EAGLE AND I, SLEPT ONLY SHORTLY DURING THE DAY. AND MOSTLY WE WOULD WORK LONG HOURS, FISHING AND HUNTING, AND MAKING ENDS MEET. AT TIMES! WE WOULD FLY FAR FROM THE NEST TO FIND FOOD! AND TO HELP OUR FRIENDS! IN TIMES OF HUNGER! ESPECIALLY, WHENEVER THE BUFFALO WERE IN NEED! WE WERE ALWAYS READY TO HELP!

   BUT MOSTLY, WE WOULD JUST FLY AROUND HAVING FUN! LAUGHING A LOT! GOING SWIMMING AND ALL! IN OUR SECRET SPOTS IN TEXAS!

    SOMETIMES WE WOULD SOAR! AND GLIDE LIKE ANGELS IN THE CLOUDS! WAY-UP IN THE WILD BLUE YOUNDER! AS LITTLE TREASURE AND THE BABY CHICKS WOULD ALL WATCH AMAZED, BEWILDERED, AND ATTOUCHED! AND SOMETIMES, WE WOULD FLY STRAIGHT UP THROUGH THE CLOUDS! LIKE ARROWS! AND SOMETIMES, WE WOULD FLY STRAIGHT DOWN IN NOSE DIVES! ONLY TO SWEEP UP SWIFTLY!  NEAR THE TREES!  JUST IN TIME!

    THE EAGLE DID NOT KNOW FEAR! BUT I FEARED EVERY NOW AND THEN! BUT ONLY TO FIND MYSELF! AND ALL MY HAPPY FRIENDS! BACK ON THE GROUND EVERTIME! ALWAYS SAFE AND SOUND! AND SOON, WE WOULD BE LAUGHING! AND HAVING FUN AGAIN!

     WILL YOU PLEASE COME TO TEXAS? AND SOAR IN THE CLOUDS WITH US? AND SWIM IN OUR SECRET SPOTS? EVERYONE WHO COMES,SURE DOES ENJOY ALL THE FUN! SO COME ON! WE WANT TO SEE YOU! AND BE WITH YOU! AND LAUGH TOGETHER… AT THE REST OF THE WORLD!

SEE YOU SOON! DEAR FRIENDS OF THE EAGLE!
WE LOVE YOU!
    FLY BY ME!