CRANE, l^y 



as a wish to follow them. Whenthe male met with an ac- 

 cident in breaking his wing, the female behaved with the most 

 sensible affection, never leaving her mate for a single instant 

 while he was ill: nor would she allow any stranger to approach 

 him, until he was able again to go about with her. Not 

 long after the female met with an injury which ended 

 fatally. The male showed his grief in return, by going 

 about and screaming most piteously, and trying to raise 

 up his sister; and after her corpse was removed, the sur- 

 vivor went to look for her in every corner of the house, 

 ran up and down stairs, stopped at closed doors until 

 they were opened to let him in, in order to satisfy 

 his search. Not finding her any where, he left the 

 farm-yard for two or three days, then again was found, 

 quite disconsolate and dejected, in the grounds, and 

 allowed himself to be driven into his stall, where he stayed 

 for a length of time. When the bird became full grown, 

 he continued to shew a wonderful share of cleverness, far 

 beyond any other feathered species. 



For want of a companion this Crane attached himself 

 to the bull of the farm-yard, which he accompanied wher- 

 ever he went, marching beside the bull, or standing by 

 when the animal grazed, and keeping off the flies. He fol- 

 lowed him in and out of the stable, and when the bull did 

 not make his appearance soon enough in the morning, the 

 crane went to fetch his companion out. At times, when 

 the bull stood still for some time in the meadow, the 

 Crane would run a little in advance, and begin to chacc 

 round about him for amusement ; then again he would turn 

 suddenly back and come to meet him, bowing most pro- 

 foundly : and this became a frequent amusement to the 

 inhabitants of the village, through which the couple passed 

 on their way home in the afternoon of a summer's day. 



Some time after the Crane became as serviceable as a 



