Catwings by Ursula K. Le Guin & Ursula Leguin

Author:Ursula K. Le Guin & Ursula Leguin [Le Guin, Ursula K.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2015-01-27T00:00:00+00:00

when she was gazing fondly at her two new

owlets, that she saw James flitting by, chasing

bats. And she slowly thought, “This will

not do. . . .”

And softly Owl spread her great, gray

wings, and silently flew after James, her talons

opening.

THE FLYING TABBIES had made

their nest in a hole halfway up a big elm, above

fox and coyote level and too small for raccoons

to get into. Thelma and Harriet were washing

each other’s necks and talking over the day’s

adventures when they heard a pitiful crying at

the foot of the tree.

“James!” cried Harriet.

He was crouching under the bushes, all

scratched and bleeding, and one of his wings

dragged upon the ground.

“It was the Owl,” he said, when his sisters

had helped him climb painfully up the tree

trunk to their home hole. “I just escaped. She

caught me, but I scratched her, and she let go

for a moment.”

And just then Roger came scrambling

into the nest with his eyes round and black

and full of fear. “She’s after me!” he cried.

“The Owl!”

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