Frightful's Mountain: Week Two

Finally!

As a side plot in my book, Frightful has been trying to locate Sam, her original owner. After eight chapters, we finally found him! Apparently, he's been doing pretty well for himself. He's doing odd jobs for a neighbor and making Adirondack furniture with an old friend of his. Of course, Frightful shouldn't really be there at all considering Sam's too young to have a falconer's license, but it's been a while since Sam has seen her, so it's appropriate.

We now know that Frightful has a place for food and shelter, much better than Chup's cliff or Jon Wood's log cabin. But, there's somewhere even better. When Frightful is frightened by Alice, (complete accident) she flies away from Sam's hemlock and towards the city-which makes no sense considering she just found Sam-she finds a gigantic bridge.

When she lands, something strange happens. The bridge feels more and more like her home. Forget the hemlock, this place is calm. There's food all around, nobody to worry about her whatsoever. She's at peace. Except of course for her eyas Lady, who has a bad case of DDT poisoning from South America, which is sad, but I guess notable.

I predict that Frightful will leave Sam once she gets used to the bridge. If I were a bird, I would want a quiet place once and a while. Maybe she'll come back to Sam for food or during rainstorms but I think she'll stay there. At least for now.