Poppy by Avi

Author:Avi
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2017-11-24T05:00:00+00:00

As she recalled the lay of the land, New House was to the north. She would go north, then, hoping for the best.

Mr. Ocax came to rest on the gray, lifeless tree—a snag—that was his nest. With its top broken off, the snag rose twice as high as a blackberry bush from the ground. A high hole served as an entrance to its hollowness.

For a while the owl sat at the edge of his nest and stared moodily before him, thinking only about what he had seen at New House. Just to think about it made him tense. He felt he was in grave danger. The question was, What kind of danger? Was he about to lose his food? Would he have to fight? If he did, he knew he might be defeated. If he was defeated, would he have to move to another territory? Was there anything he could do about the situation? It was all so painful to contemplate!

Fretful, the owl scanned his neighborhood, paying special attention to a very large hollow log on the ground not far from his snag. Its ancient thick bark was rust-colored and encrusted with yellow fungus that looked like stubby angel wings. A clutch of pale mushrooms grew from the rotting soil around it. Just the thought of the creature who had recently come to live in the log made Mr. Ocax angry. It was as if the whole world were ganging up on him.

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