THE CRANE 



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knew that if it could not stretch out head and 

 neck it could not fly. All Cranes, and indeed 

 many other birds, seem unable to start flight 

 without a certain momentum given by a run 

 forward with wings outspread and stretched-out 

 neck. With head tied down it could get no 

 balance, and would flap and flop, and then fall 

 to the ground. It is in little details such as this 

 that the more you know the more you respect the 

 knowledge of these old artists, and admit the truth 

 and merit of their unrivalled art. 



Fig. 8. 



