Her body was small and slender, but that wasn’t the problem. The bird’s head hung at an impossible angle. Danny knew instinctively the bird was dead, but that didn’t stop him. He dropped the hose away from the creature and sat beside her. His large blue eyes studied her pathetic body for a full minute.
Then, with gentleness far beyond his three years, Danny lifted the bird into his hands and held it close to his bare chest. His tiny fingers carefully righted the bird’s head as he braced the cold body against himself.
He leaned down, his lips mere millimeters from the dead bird and whispered softly enough so only the creature could have heard him, if she were alive.
Moments later, a soft fluttering of feathers tickled the little boy’s bare skin.
The End
Book #5 in Winter’s Saga is scheduled for release March 2013.
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