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such severe punishment as to make the horse’s nose 
bleed. A short time after the same horse was again 
standing harnessed to a cart in the yard, when the Crane 
immediately walked up to him as before : no sooner, 
however, did he make his appearance than the horse 
recognized him directly, and turned his head on one side 
to shelter his nose, whereupon the bird made him a 
profusion of bows, danced round him, and did everything 
in his power to testify his affection, just as though he 
desired to make up for his past severity. With the sole 
exception of his bovine friend, the Crane had never before 
been known to favour any living creature in such a 
manner; for he is much too proud to associate with the 
mobocracy! 
“ Among those animals most forcibly made acquainted 
with his superiority are the foals. When they appear in 
the yard he gives them to understand, by his haughty 
manner, what they may be led to expect if they do not 
conduct themselves with propriety. So as to keep a good 
-watch over them he accompanies them everywhere, and 
should they be too merry and jump about he immediately 
pursues them with loud cries and punishes them all 
round. He often runs great risk of being kicked or run 
over, but manages, however, to get out of the way with 
great agility. 
“ He keeps the cows and oxen in order both in the yard 
and in the fields, and assists to drive them backwards 
and forwards, and always separates them if they take to 
butting one another. If they refuse to obey he tries the 
effect of his loud-ringing voice, which generally so alarms 
them that they speedily take to flight. In the fields he 
keeps the herd together, and keeps them from getting 
into mischief. One evening he brought home, unaided, 
