earance , ▁King ▁Arthur ▁sp ends ▁several ▁days ▁ign oring ▁the ▁h atch lings ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁been ▁raising . ▁After ▁this ▁period ▁of ▁" gr ief ", ▁King ▁Arthur ▁begins ▁to ▁raise ▁the ▁young ▁fal cons ▁single hand edly . ▁Following ▁this , ▁Hou le ▁disco vers ▁that ▁of ▁five ▁nest lings ▁h atch ed ▁by ▁the ▁pair , ▁only ▁two ▁received ▁enough ▁food ▁to ▁surv ive . ▁Hou le ▁names ▁the ▁surv iving ▁pair ▁of ▁nest lings ▁" B old ▁Leopold " ▁and ▁" Al bert " ▁after ▁their ▁distinct ▁personal ities ; ▁Leopold ▁was ▁more ▁courage ous ▁and ▁was ▁always ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁try ▁new ▁things , ▁such ▁as ▁flying , ▁whereas ▁Albert ▁was ▁more ▁hes it ant . ▁ ▁In ▁spite ▁of ▁all ▁the ▁attempts ▁to ▁int im id ate ▁her , ▁the ▁people ▁of ▁Ch im ney ▁Rock ▁eventually ▁sympath ize ▁with ▁Hou le ▁after ▁her ▁tra iler , ▁containing ▁valuable ▁field ▁equipment ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁personal ▁items , ▁is ▁broken ▁into ▁and ▁v andal ized . ▁ ▁Public ation ▁history ▁W ings ▁for ▁My ▁Fl ight ▁was ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁in ▁hard cover ▁by ▁Add ison - W es ley . ▁Hou le ▁later ▁wrote ▁a ▁short ▁story ▁titled ▁" Al bert " ▁that ▁was ▁adapted ▁from ▁W ings ▁for ▁My ▁Fl ight , ▁foc using ▁on ▁Albert ▁and ▁Leopold ' s ▁first ▁attempts ▁at ▁flying . ▁The ▁story ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁May ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁issue ▁of ▁the