Imagination Field Trip

Close your eyes and imagine you are a bald eagle. Put yourself into

the eagle’s body. Picture your beautiful snowy white head. Feel your strong,

curved beak. Imagine your powerful feet with long, sharp talons that hold you

solidly on a perch high in the tallest evergreen. Look around and notice what

you see. Is it a river or a large body of water like Puget Sound? Look above

your head. What do you see? How does the wind feel against your feathers?

What sounds do you hear?

Think about your eaglets in their nest. How many are there? Look

at their brown, fuzzy bodies. Think about how hungry they are. What are

they doing?

Now, look again at the water before you - is that a fish in the water?

Look at its glistening silver body. Notice the way it darts and glides through

the water. Feel the muscles in your legs tensing as you get ready to take off

into the air Spread your wings and push your feet hard against the tree limb.

Now you are flying! Feel how light you are as you slowly flap your

wide wings. How free you feel! With your strong eyes you can see the fish

swimming in the water Tuck your legs under your body - lower your head

as you begin to dive you are going faster and faster your eyes fix on the

fish feel the rush of air around your body it flattens the feathers on your

head — down, down, down you go — straight toward the swimming fish.

A split second before you hit the water you lower your feet and open

your wings all the way. Your strong talons slide through the water and grasp

the fish. it tries to get away bat you hold it tightly. Notice how you feel as you

swoop up into the air Flapping your wings hard, you start climbing upward.

It takes a lot of energy to climb so far and so fast as you clutch the fish.

As you fly back to your nest, look around and see the tops of the

trees. How do they look? The sun feels warm on your back as its dries your

feathers. You smell the evergreens and see your aerie in front of you. You land

carefully on its edge and offer the silver fish to your eaglets. They hungrily

and noisily eat the fish.

Fly to your perch in a nearby tree and rest. Your eaglets will be hungry

again soon.

Now come back and land in your seat in your room, slowly opening

your eyes.