Chapter 4 In the quarry

Chapter 4 In the quarry

My chest is burning when I get there and I'm gasping for breath but I don't stop.I go skidding down through the trees to the quarry floor.

I keep getting these awful pictures in my head.Of Goldie snatched out of the sky by cruel claws.Just as she's almost reached her home.

I can't bear to think about it. I've known Goldie ever since she was an egg.Ever since she was a tiny, helpless chick!

I want to get those falcons. I want revenge, for Goldie.I want to be able to tell Grandad, 'Take it easy, Grandad.You don't have to worry any more. I've taken care of those falcons for you!'

But I can't see any falcons. Where's their nest?I look around the quarry walls. That must be it.It's on the steepest side of the quarry.It looks like a big pile of sticks on a ledge. It's a long way up...

But then I think of Goldie, eaten, except for her feet.

I don't want to think any more. So I start climbing the quarry wall.Even though I can hardly see where I'm going. My eyes are all blurry with tears.

'I'll get you. I'll get you, falcons!' I shout up to the nest.

My voice doesn't sound like my voice. It sounds like a growling, angry bear.

It's not hard at all. I'm climbing fast - there are old tree roots to grab hold of.My hands are bleeding. But I don't feel the pain. I'm almost there.

Whoops! Some rocks go clattering down. My foot's slipped.I'm hanging on with my finger tips. I'm going to fall…

Phew, found a foothold. Don't look down.I'm clinging like a starfish to the rock face.Only a little way to go. Don't look down.

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