Books with title The Case of the Carrier Pigeon

Excerpt from The Carrier PigeonGarden, which sloped down the side of the mountain. The passage to the garden was by a long flight of stone steps, de scending from a door in the castle wall. The garden was well stocked with every thing that could please the eye; here were clusters of budding roses, and flow ers in all their varieties - long rows of pears with their silver blossoms, and blush~ ing cherries peeping from beneath their dark green leaves; The mother and daughter stood, for awhile, near a fountain in the middle of the garden, amusing themselves with the play of the water, which shot up its crystal wreaths in the bright beams of the summer sun, and de scended in a thousand diamond drops, glittering With all the colors of the rain bow. Then retiring to a bower, shaded with the trellised and clustering vine, they.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The story is about a little homing pigeon named Lucky and a round-faced, redheaded boy named Alex.Join the adventures of Lucky the homing pigeon, Ole Charlie the big rooster, Penny the head hen, and the warmhearted hens that saved Lucky from his demise. In The Carrier Pigeon, readers will also meet Alex, the boy that teaches other children that kindness can go a long, long way.When a young homing pigeon passes by a farmyard and encounters an accident, the hens in the farm do not hesitate to help the young pigeon--even if it means standing up against Ole Charlie, the self-proclaimed king of the barnyard. Read the story and discover how all the characters found a lasting friendship in each other.

Book Excerpt: ...es alone supplied the reliance of the beleaguered city, - their trust in God, the stout hearts and willing hands of the inhabitants, and the sleepless energy of Prince William of Orange, their heroic national commander.Jacqueline stood in the dove-cote one morning about eight days after the trip to Hengist Hill, feeding her little troop of carrier pigeons. Her golden hair fell over her shoulders in two shining braids, her eyes sparkled, and her cheeks glowed with the pleasure of her occupation. Upon her shoulders, her hands, and even her head perched the feathered pets, so tame that they fairly disputed among themselves for the privilege of her attention. The dove-cote was a room on the top floor of the little house in Belfry Lane. The sun streamed in brightly through the large open window, the walls were lined with boxes serving as nests, and every detail of the room was, through the untiring efforts of Jacqueline, as neat and immaculate as a new pin.Suddenly the door opened and Gysbert, hatl...