14 Jack¹ gets a shock
　　After he had had his breakfast Jack went to his hide. It was a lovely day. He could take some finepictures if only the eagles were there.
　　He wrapped the thickest rug round him and crawled in through the prickly stems of the gorse.
　　Kiki remained outside this time.
　　When he was in the hollow centre of the bush Jack examined his camera to make sure that itwas all right. It was. He looked through the shutter² to see if he had it trained exactly on the nest.
　　‘Perfect!’ he thought. ‘That young eagle appears to be asleep. I might get a good picture when itwakes up. I suppose the other birds are soaring miles high into the sky.’
　　It was boring, waiting for the eagle to wake up. But Jack didn’t mind. Both he and Philip knewthat the ability to keep absolutely still and silent for a long time on end was essential to the studyof birds and animals in their natural surroundings. So Jack settled back in the gorse bush, andwaited.
　　Kiki went off on errands of her own. She flew to the top of the nearest tower and looked downon the countryside. She flew down to the courtyard and looked inside a paper bag there, hoping tofind a forgotten biscuit. She sat on the branch of a birch tree, practising quietly to herself thebarking noise that Button the fox cub³ made. So long as Jack was somewhere near she was happy.
　　He was safe in that gorse bush. Kiki didn’t know why he had chosen such a peculiar⁴ resting place,but Jack was always wise in her eyes.
　　The young eagle suddenly awoke and stretched out first one wing and then another. It climbedto the edge of the nest and looked out over the ledge⁵, waiting for its parents to come back.
　　‘Fine!’ whispered Jack, and pressed the trigger of the camera to take the eagle’s picture. Theyoung bird heard the click and cowered⁶ down at once – but the snap had been taken!
　　Soon the bird recovered from its fright and climbed up again. Then, with

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