THE CRANE 139 
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. 
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