Summary

Frightful Takes Off – Frightful is a peregrine falcon, and remembers being taken by Sam Gribley to be raised when she was barely two weeks old. As she grew, Sam trained her to hunt and come when called. Frightful views Sam as her family, and they have relied on each other to live. Frightful is determined to find Sam, having been taken away by two strange men. She is left on a perch in a pine forest with other birds of prey by the men. One, a sharp-shinned hawk, is killed by an eastern coyote. Frightful is terrified, but is surprised and happy when Alice, Sam’s little sister, finds her and sets her free. Alice tells Frightful to fly away, that Sam has to have a falconer’s license to own Frightful, and Sam is not old...