Dear woman friend reading this, let’s go find Precious!
As we start out, I heard this song on the radio and found a recording of it on YouTube. You might like to listen as we search.
Look! Over there! Above that little grove of trees! Isn’t that Arnold circling? He’s diving into the grove. Oops. He’s back circling again. And now he’s diving again. What is he doing?
Do you think he’s trying to signal us? Let’s head for the grove and see if he leads us somewhere.
Oh. He’s diving again. I don’t get it. He doesn’t seem to be catching anything. And now he’s back circling again.
Well, here we are at the edge of the grove. What do you think we should do now? Should we go in? Now Arnold is on a slow descent into the grove. Good thing this grove isn’t very big. We will be able to find him in there really easily.
Yes, I thought about the possibility of snakes in here, too, but decided not to think about it and get creeped out.
Dear friend, over there! Arnold has landed on that fallen tree. I don’t think this is normal behavior for an eagle. Shhh! Listen! Do you hear that?
Something is in the tree where Arnold is sitting. Bugs. Worms. Snakes. A hornets’ nest. Maybe a skunk or an unfriendly porcupine.
Call me crazy but I think Arnold just glared at me.
You know, if this were a Saturday morning cartoon, Arnold would be gesturing in some way or even holding up a sign to tell us what he wants us to do now.
Look, dear woman friend! I see a fluffy cotton tail sticking out the end of this old tree.
Precious! C’mere Sweetie! Oh, Precious, I’m so glad we found you and you are safe!
I get it now! Precious doesn’t know Arnold very well so when she saw him, she thought he was looking for lunch so she ran inside this fallen tree. Arnold was circling to signal us that he had found Precious. Every time he went up and started circling to signal us, Precious tried to run away but Arnold would see her and dive down and scare her back into the tree where she would be safe until we got here.
Precious, you’re trembling! You’re safe now. Its ok. Let’s go back to the pasture and get you cleaned up.
Arnold, thank you so much for finding Precious and signaling us!
Whoosh! There goes Arnold. He’ll make it back to the pasture long before us.
Precious, after we get back to the pasture and get you cleaned up, let’s have a pasture powwow. Dear woman friend, hang out with us and join the powwow. We need to talk about why Precious ran away. I think you’ll find the conversation very interesting.
Lambs and Wings 