heather-shoots

Updated: May 11, 2025

He shot through the rent, racing down with the sun's rays to earth, and surprised a cock-grouse at his breakfast, nipping off the tender heather-shoots daintily one by one. So swiftly did Chieftain fall that the grouse never knew what had killed him; he was dead in a flash. The great eagle swept on with the grouse in his claws, and, without stopping, beat upwards again.

F. St. Mars - The Way of the Wild