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Content levels
ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone
Trigger warnings
CaptivityAnimal HarmMental Illness
Positive tags
Mentor FigureHealing ArcHopeful EndingFriendship
Tropes
Reluctant HeroSocial SF
Themes
IdentitygriefFreedomMemory
Synopsis
Creggan, a captured Golden Eagle, is losing the will to live. Another captured eagle, Minch is determined to teach Creggan not to forget about freedom. The zoo sweeper, Mr Wolski is haunted by captivity - his and theirs. But Callanish is calling. This story is dedicated to Goldie, the eagle that escaped briefly from London zoo in 1965.
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animal fictionLiterary Fictionallegorical fictionnature writing