Chapter 6 Off to Montana At the end of the summer, the cob gathered his family around him and made an announcement. "Children," he began, "I have news for you. Sum ...
Chapter 5 Louis One evening a few weeks later, when the cygnets were asleep, the swan said to the cob, "Have you noticed anything different about one of our children, the one we call Louis? ...
Chapter 4 The Cygnets During the night, the swan thought she heard a pipping sound from the eggs. And in the hour just before dawn, she was sure she felt a slight movement under her breast, as though a tiny body w ...
Chapter 3 A Visitor One day, almost a week later, the swan slipped quietly into her nest and laid an egg. Each day she tried to deposit one egg in the nest. Sometimes she succeeded, sometimes she didn't. There wer ...