treetop

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I next disturbed an eagle in his meditations upon a dead treetop, and a cat sprang out of some weeds near the foot of the tree.

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  • Orandula alit first in a treetop, and then hopped down heavily branch to branch, until he perched on one well out of my reach but clearly visible to me. —  Robin Hobb
  • How I wished myself the Indian baby we had seen the day before-- the veritable "baby in the treetop," for it was tied by buckskin thongs to a limb! —  BOOTS AND SADDLES: OR LIFE IN DAKOTA WITH GENERAL CUSTER
  • Then he leapt for the nearest treetop, some five kingsyards below him The presence of the Kept seemed to uncoil all about her, stretching vaster with each instant, and her bones hummed as if a saw were cutting through them. —  THE BLOOD KNIGHT
  • The scent of resin exploded in his nostrils as the treetop bent earthward under his weight, and for a moment he felt like the jungen who once had ridden saplings to the ground for fun. —  THE BLOOD KNIGHT
  • "I'm trying to keep"—he huffed, shifting his weight as the treetop bounced him—"my promise!" —  Meyer, Stephenie - New Moon
 

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