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    Learning to Fly. Ranch Stories.Alenka's Tales. Book 4.
    Learning to Fly. Ranch Stories.Alenka's Tales. Book 4.
    Learning to Fly. Ranch Stories.Alenka's Tales. Book 4.
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    Learning to Fly. Ranch Stories.Alenka's Tales. Book 4.

    By Elena Pankey

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    The fourth book "Learning to Fly. Life at the Ranch," is the part of the Alenka’s Tales series. The plot of the book is not developing on the Black Sea, as the first three books, but it is on the California Ranch. Alenushka talks about her German shepherd dogs, who was protecting songbirds.
    It has an impressive story about a terrible meeting with the poisonous rattlesnakes, and how her dog barely survived after a fatal bite.
    It has an entertaining story about the rabbits who were sitting under the window, requiring a free supply of carrots.
    It has stories about small songbirds courageously fighting with the crows and protecting their nests.
    It has an interesting story about the young Owl parents taught to fly their son and about their battle with the hawk; and others.
    Alenushka thought: “Well, this time we were lucky and saw the rattle snake in advance! ”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElena Pankey
    Release dateMay 29, 2020
    ISBN9780463400425
    Learning to Fly. Ranch Stories.Alenka's Tales. Book 4.
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    Elena Pankey

    The Author has more than 40 years of job experience in different areas of art education, literature, music, dance, theater. She traveled the world, worked as an assistant producer, sound assistant on some of movie productions, radio journalist, newspaper correspondent, museum guide, owned her businesses.Elena wrote many wonderful books on different subjects, including fun children's books. Her books about the art of dancing, philosophy and psychology of Argentine Tango is very useful for all dancers. After fifteen years of teaching Argentine Tango in her own ballroom school in California, Elena designed original tango courses which help people to improve the quality of lives and marriages.

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      Learning to Fly. Ranch Stories.Alenka's Tales. Book 4. - Elena Pankey

      Learning to Fly

      RANCH STORIES

      Alenushka Tales

      Book 4

      Elena Pankey

      ***

      ISBN: 9780463400425

      AllRightesReserevd@2020@Elena Pankey

      ***

      Contents

      Garden Spirit

      Binding Threads

      House on the Hill

      Night Music

      Dogs

      Snakes

      Little Mouse

      Rabbits

      Ranch Birds

      Hawk

      Lessons

      Baby Owl

      About Owls

      Proverbs

      Author

      Rights Reserved

      ***

      Introduction

      The fourth book Learning to Fly. Life at the Ranch, is the part of the Alenka’s Tales series. The plot of the book is not developing on the Black Sea, as the first three books, but it is on the California Ranch. Alenushka talks about her German shepherd dogs, who was protecting songbirds. It has an impressive story about a terrible meeting with the poisonous rattlesnakes, and how her dog barely survived after a fatal bite. It has an entertaining story about the rabbits who were sitting under the window, requiring a free supply of carrots. It has stories about small songbirds courageously fighting with the crows and protection their nests. It has an interesting story about the young Owl parents taught to fly their son and about their battle with the hawk; and others.

      Alenushka thought: "Well, this time we were lucky and saw the rattle snake in advance"!

      ***

      Garden Spirit

      Ask and you will be given! I asked God for water, he gave me an ocean. I asked God for a flower, he gave me a garden. I asked God for a tree, he gave me a forest. I asked God for a friend, he gave me you. There is not enough darkness in the world to put out the light of one candle: The Candle of Love, Hope and Friendship. A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle"

      ***

      It was a wonderful light and calm feeling in the garden where Alenushka grew up. It had absolutely unbelievable fragrance. Alenushka could stay there for hours hiding from all her troubles and came out of it feeling much better. At least she felt that the garden Spirit loved her, like nobody else.

      Grandmother Anna was teaching Alenushka the basic law of gardening and life. "You reap what you sow. Try to be kind, honest and compassionate. That’s what you will harvest. Then, share the blessings and abundance of your garden, whether it is in the form of fruits, flowers, herbs or vegetables".

      The garden was providing food and shelter for wildlife. While sitting there in the bushes Alenushka trusted all around her. She watched the birds singing in the trees, enjoyed the lady bugs coming to her palm. She was curious about the always busy

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