Her talon pressed on her sister’s throat.īefore she could press down any further, a shot pierced the air and forced the eagles to scatter. I should have done this when we were chicks, the bigger sister said. ![]() They were at each other’s throats, snarling and tearing each other to pieces. The eagle’s daughters collided – a spectacular sight – fighting mid-air. There she was – mighty and powerful – flinging towards the blue dot at speed. The blue dot moved further and further from the house and the smaller sister wanted to scream a warning. The Man and The Woman were nowhere to be seen. The Child had received a new beanie as a birthday present around the same time she started walking. ![]() She was tempted to snooze further when she realised her sister wasn’t nearby.įollowing her hunch, the smaller sister flew to the farmhouse and took position in a nearby tree.Ī bright blue dot crossed the yard. They had the spent the last night feeding from roo roadkill and she had a hefty share. The smaller sister woke up with a bellyache. The Man set bait and the eagle’s daughters did not know if their next meal would be their last. Months went by with the big sister watching the house and the smaller sister watching her and the river getting sicker. This will not bring our mother closer, the small sister urged. How could we not? the big sister replied. How could we do what they did to us? she asked. The smaller sister became aware and uncomfortable of the big sister’s plan. The opportunities would increase as they let the baby play in the backyard. The big sister lifted a lamb off the ground and didn’t share. It got dark and then it got dark once again.įinally, The Man and The Woman came back in the high of the morning, holding a child wrapped in a blanket. One day The Man and The Woman bundled swiftly in their car and drove to the highway. I will watch our chicks while you soar across many orange skies. The voice came to the smaller eagle while the big one was sleeping. The smaller eagle didn’t tell the bigger one about the song over the valley. Swooping low, she was able to lift small marsupials off the ground. The way their parents used to call out to each other at dawn and dusk.Īnd the smaller sister would whisper on those cold nights, What do you remember of her?Īs The Woman’s belly grew, the big sister got stronger. The small one dreamt about her mother every night. She and their father never got the opportunity to raise others. Had any eagles left the perimeter of the range? Ventured to the other side? We should leave, the small sister told the big sister. They watched The Man’s chemicals poison the river and saw sick trees, suffering animals. The Woman was rarely sighted, but each time she came out of the house in the mid-afternoon, to sweat and put clothes on the line, her stomach was a larger size.Īs the eagles aged their sense of the range widened. One of the Eagle’s daughters had taken to watching The Man’s wife’s growing belly. For word had spread across the range of the twin eagles and that one had a twisted heart. However their intense fledgeling had created a bond in them. ![]() Usually only one survived, especially in dry years like these. It was unusual for two sibling eagles to survive in a clutch. Now young adults and almost full size, they roamed their ancestral place with their father’s training. The daughters feared the worst, he had also succumbed to the pile. Surviving would be against the odds.Ī while later, their father left to hunt rabbit one morning and never came back. When they had built enough stamina, he showed them the Sad Place.
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