The Eleven O'Clock Sparrow
mysteryEveryoneElias forgot about the empty square. He only cared about the sparrow. In nine years it had never missed a day. He climbed onto the fountain's edge and peered at the third spoke, looking for any sign of the little bird.
On the third spoke, caught in a crack, was a single brown feather. Below it, wedged where the spoke met the rim, sat a tiny twig nest. Two pale eggs rested inside. The sparrow hadn't left the fountain at all. It had been building a home here the whole time.
What happens next?
2 ways forwardElias couldn't leave the eggs. He hurried to the newsstand and found Mrs. Otto, who knew the town's bird-watching club. Within an hour, three volunteers and a wildlife officer arrived. They photographed the nest and filed an emergency protection notice on the fountain. The demolition would have to wait.