Baldwin's Tales

By Carol Brown

Bald is Beautiful!
Young adult and adults who love fiction will want to follow along on the tailser, tales of Baldwin the bald eagle. Hes a shy fellow, with few friends, until something unusual happens that changes his entire life. Just when he gets used to the new normal, more surprises are waiting in the wings!

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jan 28, 2016
• ISBN: 9781504972345

Carol Brown

Carol Brown was born in Ohio. She lived in Pennsylvania for over 30 years and presently lives in New Jersey near her children and grandchildren who are her pride and joy. Her own life experiences have inspired the stories she writes because when she was young, she also had dreams of one day going to Nashville and becoming a famous singer. Those memories have helped her become deeply connected to her characters and her fiction novels are always filled with romance, drama and tragedy that are sure to tug at your heartstrings.  

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Baldwin’s Tales

Carol Brown

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© 2016 Carol Brown. All rights reserved.

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Published by AuthorHouse 01/12/2016

ISBN: 978-1-5049-7235-2 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5049-7234-5 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016900193

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Contents

Chapter 1 Baldwin Goes Bald

Chapter 2 Baldwin’s First Date

Chapter 3 Baldwin’s Birthday

Chapter 4 Baldwin and Beatrice

Chapter 5 Baldwin’s Surprise

About the Author

Chapter 1

Baldwin Goes Bald

23, 24, 25. Baldwin finished counting the feathers on the ground. There were more there today than there was yesterday or the day before. Yep, he was definitely going bald.

This will be the biggest joke. A bald eagle going bald! I’ll have to try to keep this a secret, he thought.

Was my father bald? Baldwin wondered.

His parents, who he hardly remembered, had been captured and taken away when he was only 10-weeks-old. He was mottled brown with white blotches then, but now he is a striking dark brownish black bird with a white head and tail.

Baldwin fluffed up the remaining feathers to cover the bald spot that was starting to show. He hopped over to the nearby stream and looked at his reflection from every angle he could in the water. When he was satisfied that the spot was covered he spread his gigantic wings and flew off to meet the guys on the ridge.

He knew he would have to play it cool but he was sweating and nervous at the thought of anyone discovering his secret.

Seeing the rest of the guys perched in their usual spots on the big tree, he swooped down. But, instead of taking his usual spot he settled on a branch just a bit higher than anyone else.

Eagle-eye Edgar was the first to notice him.

What? Do we stink or something? he asked.

Just mixing things up a bit today, Baldwin replied.

Oh, I thought maybe you were sitting up so high so no one could see your bald spot, Edgar laughed.

Yeah, I heard that you were going bald Baldwin, Zeke said. Is it true?

What? Me? Going bald? That’s the silliest thing I’ve heard, Baldwin laughed.

Well I heard it from Missy mouse. She said you dropped so many feathers chasing her that she easily got away,