Waiting for Goldie
Author: Susan Gates
Waiting for Goldie
Author: Susan Gates
This story is about a racing pigeon called Goldie that got lost and Danny is trying to find him.
Once there was this boy called Danny. His grandad had a lot of pigeons but there was one he loved. Her name was Goldie. She had golden eyes and she was one in a million. When she went on a race she got lost. But Danny didn't want to tell his grandad who was in hospital. Danny was scared because he didn't want him to be sad. So he waited to see if Goldie was going to come back. Danny thought the falcons took Goldie so he went to the quarry to destroy the falcon nest so they would run away. But when he got to the nest on the quarry wall there was a chick in the nest so he didn't destroy the nest. While he was climbing higher he saw Goldie in a hole trying to hide from the falcons. Her foot was stuck and broken. When Danny climbed to the top of the wall he saw the falcons flying around the sky and then going back to their nest to feed their baby chick. When Danny got back home he put a cardboard tube around Goldie's broken leg. The next day Goldie was all better and that day Danny's grandad was coming back home from the hospital. When Danny's grandad got home, Danny told him what happened. Then they wanted to see if Goldie could fly and she could fly.