Preview
2 - Clan Amir: Falcon Chick
by Ernest Bywater
Copyright 2007 by Ernest Bywater as Ernest Edwards
Action/Adventure Story: 12 Stories about an exceptional person, Gerry Mannheim, a high genius. 12 short stories cover his life from 5 years of age until 10 years of age. Some very short, some not so short. They depict aspects of his character and the events that caused him to grow up fast and become an adult in the full meaning of the word by his tenth birthday.
Cover Art
The foreground image of the bird is the copyright of Eric Sloan and used here with his permission. The background is from an image titled DSC00686Cairns.jpg uploaded to Wikipedia by Tim35 released to the public domain on 22 May, 2007. The manipulation, and adding of text is by Ernest Bywater. All rights to the cover image are reserved by the copyright owners.
10 January 2021 version
Dedication
Over the years I’ve seen many definitions of what a hero is. I can’t remember if this is a direct quote or paraphrasing of what another has said, but I believe a hero is:
Someone who does what they see as their duty or the right thing to do in exceptional circumstances regardless of the dangers or risks to themselves.
All of the stories in the series in this are dedicated to the many heroes who are the brave men, women, and children who’ve fought for their people or their country against human or animal dangers or in natural disasters during times of peace or times of war. This is especially dedicated to those who have fallen in the front lines while they strove with all they had to help or protect others. People such as firefighters, medical staff, police officers, soldiers, sailors, airmen, or general civilians helping out in an emergency.
from ‘The Fallen’
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.”
by Laurence Binyon
Table of Contents
Falcon Chick
Gordie Mannheim
Playground Problem
Bully Boys
Dancing with Death
Bank Bandits
The Weekend Party
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Dance Time
Monday
Afterwards
Rites of Passage
The Request
Testing Time
Training
Counting Coup
Leadership Test
Awards
Budding Businessman
Bank Games
Getting Started
Dani-girl
The Rescue
The Ball
Base Visit
The Funeral
Vicky
A New Life
The Past Arrives
Clean Up
The Amazing Amy
Kelly
Evil Strikes
Discovery
Reactions
A Changing Year
The titles in use are a Story, a Chapter, a Sub-chapter, and a section.
To read the complete story you need to be logged in:
Log In or
Register for a Free account
(Why register?)
* Allows you 3 stories to read in 24 hours.