Gold Medallist The Bird Written and illustrated by Olivia Gallup
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This day was just like any other day in the fall The trees were shimmering with yellow red and orange as the wind blew through their leaves plucking some and sending them sailing through the air to carpet the ground in shades of yellow and brown The bushes still had some green on them but they were fading into the colors of the fall and preparing for winter The sky was icy blue a big puf fy gray white cloud covering the sun Many other clouds wandered aimlessly across the sky changing shape and size all the time Birds chirped happy little tunes across the park singing to themselves and the other inhabitants of the little forest The frosty air bit at my cheeks and made my bare fingers tingle but I didnt mind I loved taking a walk through the little park especially in the mornings when shaf ts of golden sunlight shone through gaps between the trees
But today I decided to take a walk in the early af ternoon I could feel the rocks and branches in the path through the thin soles of my shoes and watched