When Grandpa died, my brother inherited the money, car, and house.<\/p>\n
I got 38 homing pigeons.<\/p>\n
He laughed.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll those trips to care for Grandpa, and this is what you get\u2014bird mess and feed.\u201d<\/p>\n
I was heartbroken, but I couldn’t abandon the birds Grandpa loved.<\/p>\n
Then, two weeks later, a strange silver-gray pigeon landed on the porch with a tiny leather tube tied to its leg.<\/p>\n
My brother saw it and suddenly went pale.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t touch that!\u201d<\/p>\n
I opened the tube anyway.<\/p>\n
Inside was a brass key, a tag marked 17<\/strong>, and a note from Grandpa:<\/p>\n \u201cYou kept them flying. Now see where they were flying to.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n My brother lunged toward me.<\/p>\n \u201cGive me the key!\u201d<\/p>\n That was when I realized the pigeons weren’t the worthless inheritance he thought they were.<\/p>\n Grandpa had planned everything.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When Grandpa died, my brother inherited the money, car, and house. I got 38 homing pigeons. He laughed. \u201cAll those trips to care for Grandpa, and this is what you get\u2014bird mess and feed.\u201d I was heartbroken, but I couldn’t abandon the birds Grandpa loved. Then, two weeks later, a strange silver-gray pigeon landed on…<\/p>\n