The Falcons of Fire and Ice by Maitland Karen

Author:Maitland, Karen [Maitland, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780141956893
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2012-08-16T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

The king of Persia once owned a white falcon worth more to him than his own palace. He cast the falcon after a crane, but when he drew close to where his bird had made the kill, he discovered that the falcon had slain an eagle instead of the crane. To honour his falcon’s courage and valour the king had a lavish dais erected for her to perch on and placed a miniature golden crown on her head, then he ordered that the falcon’s head be struck from her body, because she had killed her sovereign lord.

In the same manner a king of England cast off his falcon, but before the falcon could seize its prey, a wild eagle, king of all the birds, stooped down upon it. The falcon dived to the ground and hid itself among a flock of sheep, and when the eagle thrust its head into the flock to find the falcon, the falcon struck the eagle hard on the head and killed it. All the knights and noblemen who rode with the king cheered and praised the brave little bird. But the king of England, hearing their praises, had the falcon hanged as a salutary lesson for anyone who might dare to dream of rebellion against the Crown.

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