Chapter One
Arthur lived in the Sonoran Desert. His parents were to poor to look after him when he was born, so they gave him to an orphanage, hoping that when they were older they could come back and keep him. Now that he was thirteen, and old enough to take care of himself, the orphanage wouldn't keep him, so he had to live in the desert. Luckily, he had done a few jobs for the people who ran the orphanage, and had eared enough money to buy a pocketknife, which he used to hunt small animals, such as prairie dogs and cottontail rabbits, until he had enough skins to make a small tent next to a river, which was only about a mile away from a small town. After that, he sometimes traded animal skins and meat for things such as a rifle, flint and steel, bullets, gunpowder and an axe. He even tamed a coyote and a prairie falcon, a close relative of the peregrine falcon. But one afternoon, as he was trading in the village, he saw a man stealing a valuable diamond necklace. When he told the owner of the shop, he said Arthur was lying, and that he had stolen the necklace, and the only way he would believe him was if he brought the necklace back. So, bringing his rifle, axe, bullets, gunpowder and flint and steel, his coyote, who he had named Tracker, and his prairie falcon, who he had named Flash, Arthur set of, Tracker leading the way.
Arthur lived in the Sonoran Desert. His parents were to poor to look after him when he was born, so they gave him to an orphanage, hoping that when they were older they could come back and keep him. Now that he was thirteen, and old enough to take care of himself, the orphanage wouldn't keep him, so he had to live in the desert. Luckily, he had done a few jobs for the people who ran the orphanage, and had eared enough money to buy a pocketknife, which he used to hunt small animals, such as prairie dogs and cottontail rabbits, until he had enough skins to make a small tent next to a river, which was only about a mile away from a small town. After that, he sometimes traded animal skins and meat for things such as a rifle, flint and steel, bullets, gunpowder and an axe. He even tamed a coyote and a prairie falcon, a close relative of the peregrine falcon. But one afternoon, as he was trading in the village, he saw a man stealing a valuable diamond necklace. When he told the owner of the shop, he said Arthur was lying, and that he had stolen the necklace, and the only way he would believe him was if he brought the necklace back. So, bringing his rifle, axe, bullets, gunpowder and flint and steel, his coyote, who he had named Tracker, and his prairie falcon, who he had named Flash, Arthur set of, Tracker leading the way.
WOW! Arthur is an accomplished hunter! Taming a coyote and a prairie falcon sounds like a very difficult job! Arthur sounds like a very patient man, as well. He is very meticulous at what he does. I hope that he, Tracker, and Flash can find the thief! Love, Grandma
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