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Croatia is a popular nesting spot for white storks; some 1,500 nesting pairs reside in the country, with some villages having more storks than people. [2] Croatian janitor Stjepan Vokić found Malena while fishing in 1993; she had been shot by hunters and was unable to fly.
The mother bird will let Stellaluna be part of the family only if she eats bugs and worms, does not hang by her feet and sleeps at night. When the birds grow, they learn to fly. When Stellaluna and the birds are out playing, it gets dark and the birds go home without her because they will not be able to see in the dark.
The Thorn Birds is a 1977 novel by Australian author Colleen McCullough. Set primarily on Drogheda—a fictional sheep station in the Australian Outback named after Drogheda, Ireland—the story focuses on the Cleary family and spans 1915 to 1969. The novel is the best-selling book in Australian history, and has sold over 33 million copies ...
"Fitcher's Bird" (German: Fitchers Vogel) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 46. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is Aarne-Thompson type 311, the heroine rescues herself and her sisters. [ 3 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 February 2025. American writer, poet, traveler, and editor Susan Huntington Gilbert Dickinson Born (1830-12-19) December 19, 1830 Old Deerfield, Massachusetts, US Died May 12, 1913 (1913-05-12) (aged 82) Amherst, Massachusetts, US Occupation Writer poet editor Spouse Austin Dickinson (m. 1856 ; died ...
Sleep It Off Lady, originally published in late 1976 by André Deutsch of Great Britain, was famed Dominican author Jean Rhys' final collection of short stories. [1] The sixteen stories in this collection stretch over an approximate 75-year period, starting from the end of the nineteenth century (November 1899) to the present time of writing (c. 1975).
Delicate Edible Birds is a short story collection written by Lauren Groff. Groff was born and raised in Cooperstown, New York , home of American writers James Fenimore Cooper and W. W. Lord. [ 1 ] Several of the stories take place in Upstate New York . [ 2 ]
He leases a house for 999 years and marries a 17-year old geisha, Cho-Cho-San. Pinkerton bans her family from visiting, and they disown her. Nevertheless, she feels she is "the mos' bes' happy female woman in Japan—mebby in that whole world". Pinkerton's duties take him away from Nagasaki, but he promises to return "when the robins nest again".