Each day he straddled the sitting ostrich a little longer and then began to put a little weight on his back , gradually , until at last the moment came when he was resting his whole weight on Oliver . Jack waited , not knowing what to ...
With the unknowing help of his pet geese, eight-year-old Jack Daw decides to raise an ostrich on his father's farm.
Eleven-year-old Mia refuses to believe that her parents are not coming back after they are reported lost at sea.
That's when Jack comes up with a plan. He steals an extra ostrich egg that's about to be fed to a snake, and brings it home to his family's farm. But will this "cuckoo child" hatch? And what will Jack do if it does? Book jacket.
It takes courage to overcome the odds.
Jack is mad about birds and when he gets hold of an ostrich egg he is determined to hatch it successfully.
The Cuckoo Child