59 The whoopers still dance 



this new state of things, he sulks on his own pasture, finding his 

 own tidbits, as he is now perfectly capable of doing. 



Nevertheless, with this lesson learned, he is at length permitted 

 to return to the family precincts, though on a different basis. And 

 from time to time he must be reminded of his new status. For 

 the day of departure draws near. You can see it in the restless 

 movements of the birds themselves, and almost feel the urgency 

 of it in the air. And when they take to the upper reaches at last, 

 and wheel magnificently until they find the course, the young 

 crane will journey with them. The busy winter will then be over, 

 and with spring and the long voyage northward a new chapter is 

 opened, and with it will come new scenes, new dangers, and new 

 hopes. 



