The Lame Stork 
was all he could do, and so he ‘klappered’ 
so that his friends heard him until they 
had flown quite a long distance. Then 
he was left alone. 
In Denmark the winters are very 
cold, with much frost and snow. And 
all through the winter Peter lived in 
the stable with the cattle and _ horses, 
and so kept warm. And you may be 
sure that the friendly farmer and his 
family saw that he had enough to eat, 
and looked after him until all the rest 
of the stork family returned in the 
spring. What a ‘klappering ’ there was 
to be sure when, from the stable door, 
he saw them alight once more on the 
thatched roof of the farmhouse! 
And if he hasn’t died since, he is 
still alive and hopping about on his 
wooden leg, catching frogs in the 
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