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Smartest’s next lesson was one that I had found scary in crow class. The lesson was called LOT, for “Lookout Tree.” It is when you fly to the tallest tree or the one with the best view, so that you can spot food or predators. To my surprise, the owls called it the same thing. And, just like us crows, you have to leave the low branches and fly to the higher ones.
Smartest explained how being high gave you a wider view of the ground and that you could spot mice more easily. In addition, being high kept you safe from predators, like foxes, who preyed on young owls. Smartest told the class that he understood that this would be scary, but that it was something all of them could do if they would just try.
To demonstrate, Smartest flew to the top of a large oak tree. From there, Smartest shouted down to them about all the things he could see that they could not see while staying on the lower branches.
They were amazed at how much more Smartest could see from high in the tree. Smartest shouted down that he had also been scared when he was first taught to fly to the taller trees but that his life was so much better now that he would never want to be limited to staying in the low branches.
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