Summary

The King’s Provider – Sam heads to the library to learn about peregrine falcons, because he wants to tame one. Miss Turner helps him find the right information. She then gives him a haircut on the back steps of the library before he leaves. He collects apples on the way back home. Sam follows some falcons to a cliff, where they are nesting. He comes across a nest full of three baby falcons, but the mother attacks him. Sam grabs the biggest nestling, a female, and flees. His shoulder is a little bloody from the attack. He names the baby falcon “Frightful”, after having a frightful time obtaining her, and washes his shoulder in the creek.

What I Did About the First Man Who Was After Me – As Sam returns home, he knows there is...