Cover
Cover
Tully and the Flight of the Whispering Winds
A small wren perches on a mossy branch at forest's edge while Oliver Owl watches from a high rock — a story of courage, wonder, and finding your own sky.
Prologue
Prologue
The Little Bird Who Stayed Low
Tully sits alone on a low cedar branch in dappled morning light, watching other birds rise into the canopy above — content to stay close to the ground and safe from the sky he has never trusted.
Chapter 1
Chapter One
The Storm Above the Trees
Lightning tears the sky open as Tully and Lark the swallow are swept upward by a great storm — two small birds tumbling through thunder and rain into a world Tully never meant to enter.
Chapter 2
Chapter Two
Above the Forest
The storm clears and Tully finds himself flying above the clouds under a full moon — the Whispering Forest a distant dark shape far below — and realises for the first time how wide the world truly is.
Chapter 3
Chapter Three
The Cliffs of the Whispering Winds
Two tiny birds spiral upward past ancient moonlit cliffs wrapped in silver mist — the Cliffs of the Whispering Winds, where the air itself seems to carry voices from long ago.
Chapter 4
Chapter Four
The Cliffs of the Whispering Winds
Tully and Lark ride the storm winds past the great sea cliffs — lightning flickering in the clouds below them — and Tully feels for the first time that the wind is carrying him, not throwing him.
Chapter 5
Chapter Five
The Place Where the Winds Gather
Tully enters a great stone spiral where all the winds of the forest converge — glowing light trails circling the walls — and hears the Whispering Winds speak directly to something deep inside him.
Chapter 6
Chapter Six
The Winds That Remember
Silver light trails spiral through the ancient forest at sunset, carrying memories of every bird who ever flew this way — and Tully begins to understand that he is part of something older than his fear.
Chapter 7
Chapter Seven
Elder Rowan
On a moonlit mountain ledge Tully and Lark stand before Elder Rowan — a vast ancient owl whose golden eyes hold centuries of sky — and Tully must answer the question he has been avoiding his whole life.
Chapter 8
Chapter Eight
The Valley Beyond the Cliffs
From the highest cliff edge, Tully and Lark look out over a vast golden valley threaded with rivers — the whole world laid out below them — and Tully sees for the first time what he has been afraid to find.
Chapter 9
Chapter Nine
The Wind That Disappeared
The wind suddenly stops — and Tully, who has only ever feared it, realises that without the wind he does not know how to fly at all. Three versions of the swallow tumble through the golden sky as Tully finds his wings.
Chapter 10
Chapter Ten
The Sky Before Dawn
Before first light, Tully and Elder Rowan sit together on a summit above the clouds — the Milky Way arching overhead — and the old owl tells Tully the one thing no one has ever told a small bird before.
Chapter 11
Chapter Eleven
The Silence Between the Winds
At sunrise on the high cliffs, Tully sits beside Elder Rowan in the golden morning mist and finally hears the silence between gusts — the space where courage lives, waiting to be claimed.
Chapter 12
Chapter Twelve
The Long Flight Home
Tully and Lark soar together over the great autumn forest at golden hour — the whole world burning orange and red below them — and Tully realises he is no longer flying away from something. He is flying toward it.
Chapter 13
Chapter Thirteen
The Highest Ledge
Back at the cliffs with Elder Rowan watching, Tully spreads his wings on the highest ledge — the whole glowing valley spread below him — and steps off into the morning air for the first time truly unafraid.
Chapter 14
Chapter Fourteen
The Cedar Tree
Tully returns to the cedar tree at the edge of the Whispering Forest and sings — the young wrens below him listening wide-eyed — and his song is different now, bigger, carrying the memory of every sky he crossed.
Epilogue
Epilogue
The Sound in the Evening Trees
Under a full moon with golden wind-light spiralling through the branches, Tully sings to a tree full of young birds — and the Whispering Forest carries his voice outward into the night, the way it always carries the songs of those who learned to trust the wind.
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A Whispering Forest Story — Book 3

Tully and the Flight of the Whispering Winds

by Gil Edwards

"The sky does not ask us to be fearless. It only asks us to listen."

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SeriesWhispering Forest Stories
AuthorGil Edwards
PublisherTable Rock Press
Age Range6–10
Illustrations17 Full-Colour Images

About the Story

"Sometimes the winds call us far beyond what we know."

Tully, a young bird who has always stayed close to the safety of home, is carried away by a great storm into a world he never imagined. High above the forest, he meets new friends, faces his deepest fears, and discovers the courage to trust the winds — and himself.

Guided by his spirited friend Lark and the ancient wisdom of Elder Rowan at the Northern Cliffs, Tully begins to understand the mysterious Whispering Winds and the lessons they carry. Courage, he learns, does not mean becoming fearless. It means trusting yourself enough to keep going when the winds change.

A gentle, luminous bedtime story about courage, trust, change, and discovering that home and wonder were never meant to be enemies. Perfect for children ages 6–10.

The wind had never been calling him away from life. It had been teaching him how to live within it.

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