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{"id":6812118646843,"title":"An Owl at Sea","handle":"an-owl-at-sea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe extraordinary, true story of an owl stranded on the deck of an oil rig one hundred miles from shore, and the Good Samaritans who shepherded it home.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the true story of a Short-eared Owl that plummeted onto the deck of an oil rig in the North Sea, one hundred miles from shore. Weak and tired, it huddled on the deck until riggers provided it with a makeshift shelter and fresh meat to eat. When a helicopter arrived to transport some of the workers back home, they took the owl with them, handing it over to the Scottish SPCA. A few weeks later the owl was strong enough to be released into the countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan Vande Griek’s gentle prose poem describes this unusual encounter with a creature from the wild with curiosity and wonder. 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