The Eagle Tree

by Ned Hayes

On the day I first saw the Eagle Tree, I was fourteen years, four months, and three days old. On average, I climb 5.6 trees every day. Some days I climb thirty trees. Some days I only make it to four, which is just one beyond my base. My base is three trees.

Mr. Clayton had explained to him that many people call it the Eagle Tree, because a pair of bald eagles nested in the broken top crag of that tree for many years.

heard at the funeral of my great-uncle. Uncle Mike’s words resounded