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“It’s beautiful. May I touch it?” His hand hovering over the outstretched wing, one eyebrow raised questioningly.
The light in Gregory’s eyes dimmed slightly. He wasn’t going to buy. People never asked to touch if they were going to buy, they waited till they got it home and then they stroked and caressed in privacy. They only asked to touch an object if they knew they’d never see it again, and wanted to fix the experience in their minds.
“Sure,” he said, “go ahead.”
The man’s fingers swept lightly over the bird’s wing, tracing the lines of the inner vane, the outer vane, the primary and secondary remiges. He stroked down the thorax, right down to the spindly, gnarled legs on which it perched.
“It’s extraordinary,” he said, “it’s just so…”
“Lifelike?” offered Gregory.
“Lifelike. The lightness of the feathers. The tension in the legs. Even the shine in the eye. It’s a stunning piece of work. You should be very proud.”
Gregory smiled, but said nothing. He turned his attention back to the piece he was working on: a sparrowhawk, its outstretched form just beginning to emerge from the block of lime clamped to his workbench. He laid down the adze he’d been using to shape the upper curve of the beak, and switched to a riffler to begin on the fine detail.
“You really seem to have a feel for these birds’ anatomy.”
Gregory nodded. “Yes, I know how they’re put together. The bones, the muscles, the tendons. You can’t carve a bird unless you really understand how they work, how the underlying structure connects everything together.”
“So delicate,” he said, stroking the wing feathers. “But these claws, this sharp beak… birds of prey are vicious too, right?”
Gregory looked up. “Vicious? Only out of necessity. Animals kill only to eat.”
“Really?” The man started to smile. “Have you seen a cat with a mouse? A fox slaughtering chickens? I’d argue that the prime motivation for random acts of evil is not survival, but mischief.”
The man wandered around the crowded workshop, letting his fingers brush lightly over the array of eagles, falcons, kestrels and hawks. “And you only do birds?”
” ‘Only’?” queried Gregory. “That’s like saying to Puccini, ‘You only write operas?’ A bird isn’t just a bird. Every bird is different. I ‘only’ carve birds, yes. Birds are my life. My fingers translate flight into wood.”
“And I bet you’d love to be able to fly, right?”
Gregory laid down his tools and studied the man for the first time. In his early 60s, hair thinning, a slight paunch. Round horn rimmed glasses that made him look like he’d walked out of a wartime movie.
“Seriously? I’d give a year of my life for five minutes’ flight. Like a bird, not in a contraption. I’ve been up in planes, microlights, balloons. I’ve even been strapped to a hangglider and jumped off a cliff. But that’s not real flight. It’s a cheap imitation. I’d give anything to experience what it’s like to fly like an eagle.”
“Anything?” The man leaning closer, dropping his voice to a whisper.
“Anything.”
“In that case, I might just be able to help you.”
The man stepped forward, stretched out his arms, and gently placed his upturned hands beneath Gregory’s elbows. Then, with surprising force, he gave a strong, hard shove upwards. Gregory felt himself being thrust into the air, crashing through the flimsy wooden roof of the workshop. In a couple of seconds he was hundreds of feet up, looking down at his distant workshop and the upturned face of the man gazing up at him, smiling broadly.
As he started to tumble back to earth, Gregory reflexively spread his limbs to slow himself down — and found he had sprouted a vast pair of feathered wings. He glided for a while, caught a thermal, and found himself flying up once more.
Gingerly at first, he tried flapping the wings, and discovered that his powerful new shoulder muscles were able to lift him even higher. He could feel each tendon pulling him aloft, could sense the wind rushing through each feather, could gauge with unnerving precision the air currents that would raise him up or drag him down.
For several minutes Gregory swooped and climbed, flapped and glided, probing each new experience and mentally logging the process. This was how it felt to bank into a breeze; this was what it was like to rise on a current of warm air, effortlessly lifting into the sky as each thermal carried him upwards. This was how it felt to plummet, to check, to rise again. He could feel each muscle, each tendon, pulling and reacting to the infinitely variable densities of the medium of the air. In five minutes he’d gained more insight into the workings of avian anatomy than in twenty years studying textbooks.
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I NEED A 5 PARAGRAPH ESSAY ABOUT HOW CAN WE PREVENT OR REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS?
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Which detail from "The Night the Bed Fell" best supports the idea that the chaos that happens on the night of the story begins in the narrator's room?
"The racket, however, instantly awakened my mother...who came to the immediate conclusion that her worst dread was realized: the big wooden bed upstairs had fallen on father."
"It happened, then, that my father had decided to sleep in the attic one night, to be away where he could think."
"Grandfather, who usually slept in the attic bed when he was with us, had disappeared some days before."
"We had visiting us at this time a nervous first cousin of mine named Briggs Beall, who believed that he was likely to cease breathing when he was asleep."
Answer:
Grandfather, who usually slept in the attic bed when he was with us, had disappeared some days before."
Explanation:
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Answer:
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Explanation:
Which effect do authors hope to create on a novel's first pages, to keep readers reading?
sympathy
suspense
thoughtfulness
confusion
Answer:
I would say option B) suspense.
Explanation:
But not 100% sure. I'm so sorry if my answer is wrong. Tried to help to the best of my Knowledge.
Answer:
suspence
Explanation:
Pls help me If your good at English ill mark brainliest <3
Answer:
The correct answer is C. dangerous
Explanation:
Because I said so
How is "This Is America" a protest song?
Answer:
In this song, the lyrics mention today's issues, most likely racism and unfair treatment.
What is the mood of the excerpt in "The monkeys paw" ?
A( terrified
B(angry
C(sorrowful
D(disgusted
Answer:
A
Explanation:
A
Answer:
A
Explanation:
Have A Nice Day!
HEY can you write a paragraph about what home means to you please i will mark you brainly
Answer:
Home means an enjoyable, happy place where you can live, laugh and learn. It's somewhere where you are loved, respected, and cared for. When you look at it from the outside, home is just a house.
Home is a place where you feel safe and secure; a place where you experience emotional warmth and feel yourself surrounded by love and affection; a place where there are no constraints on your development and where you don't have to constantly fight for your own rights; a place where justice
Homes are more important than ever. They're places of comfort, of security, of refuge. For many people, homes do double-duty as both living and workspaces; for others, their homes have also morphed into schools. Now, there's a more urgent need for homes to be both beautiful and functional
Explanation:
can someone please help me make sentences combining 2 of the words below.(u can't use the same 2 words again)
Answer:The man is deeply shallow after his wife and him were never alone together.
Explanation:
Neglect , physical abuse , emotional abuse, or shaken baby syndrome
Answer:
Emotional Abuse
Explanation:
It's not neglect because that is to not acknowledge someone
Its not physical abuse because she is not harming Harry in any physical way
Its not shaken baby syndrome because again, he is not being physically abused and since he is in a physical education class, I'm assuming his brain is fully developed and he is older than 5 years old
What is a Red Seal Certification?
Answer:
The Read Seal Certification is a territorial trade certificate. It indicates that a tradesperson has demonstrated the knowledge required for the national standard in that trade. The Red Seal endorsement promotes excellence to employers, instills pride in skilled workers, and facilitates labour mobility
Explanation:
Answer:
a certificate to make trade national
Explanation:
Please help me with this homework
Answer: note explanation
Explanation: when she danced she was floating on air.
The waves were charging horses when they crashed on the beach
He was a shoveling cement into a mixer when he ate
Katie was a train while crossing the finish line
James was a dolphin when he gracefully swam
Question 4 of 10
Based on their prefixes, which word means that someone has not given
money for services rendered?
A. Repaid
B. Unpaid
C. Postpaid
D. Prepaid
SUBMIT
As a reward for good johns parents agreed to pay the same fraction of his auto insurance that he had of A's on his report card. On the next report card John made 5 A's out of 7 grades. His car insurance bill for the grading period was $350. How much did his parents pay?
Answer:
they paid $250
Explanation: If we split the total for the bill into 7ths each would be $50 so 50 x 5 equals 250.
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How does Hermione change as the friendship with the two boys deepen.
Answer:
In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, a troll got into the castle and went into the girl's bathroom where Hermione was. Harry and Ron saw the troll go in there. They rushed to the bathroom and helped save her from the troll. ... That won Harry and Ron over, and the three of them became fast friends. Because there is no way three people can defeat a mountain troll and not become friends ;)
Explanation:
I love Harry Potter. I’ve read the series like 5 times ;)
Answer:
She becomes a little distant but at the same time close to them.
Explanation:
She becomes distant because when the boy's relationship got deeper they started doing things togethere and without her. Also Ron sometimes didnt say good things about her which she heard and got upset.
She got close to them at the same time because she started catching feelings for Harry and Ron. They didn't know but even though they got a little distant she started liking them and trying to get close.
Anyone know where I can find the answers for these type of selection tests?
well, since it says personal essay, I supposed you are not gonna find an accurate answer.
it's like your opinion on the article, if you agree or disagree, what's your stance, etc... on whatever it is that you're reading
"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" is an example of which type of literature?
Group of answer choices
Fable
Memoir
Biography
Speech
Answer:
its histirical fiction but I guess a memoir because it was the authers dream so yeah memoir
Explanation:
Hi! What do you guys think of my essay for science on why roads should not be built in the rainforest? I would love friendly feedback!
I attached a file below :-)
Answer:
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When a sentence includes a participial phrase, the phrase functions as a(n):
noun
verb
adjective
adverb
I will mark you brainliest
C. adjective
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Will has 78 gallon of cold water in the refrigerator. During the day, he drinks 34 gallon of the water. How much cold water does he have left at the end of the day?
Ramesh is an excellent singer. He also plays the guitar well. (join using 'not only but also')
Answer:
likes to sing popular songs is it
Explanation:
3.
The Answer Is NOT D. Rhyme
A. chorus
B. ode
C. alliteration
D. rhyme
Answer:
would it be a chorus? in our church when they have songs like that its called a chorus ;-;
Explanation:
Answer:
C. alliteration
Explanation:
Repetition
Repetition is the use of any element of language—a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence—more than once. Poets use many kinds of repetition to add emphasis, drama, or musical rhythm to a poem.
Rhyming is a form of repetition in which the sound is repeated. Now you will learn about two other types of repetition used in lyric poetry: refrain and alliteration.
Refrain
A refrain is a line or group of lines repeated throughout a poem. A refrain can be
a line or two of verse that comes at the end of a stanza; or
a stanza that is repeated regularly throughout the poem.
In musical terms, the repeated lines sung after a stanza are called a chorus.
Alliteration
Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sound, such as many Mondays, or dazzling dream. This type of sound repetition can occur at the beginning, middle, or end of the word.
Please help me with this!! Fake answers will be reported
Answer:
These are the answers: 1 2 4 7 9 (first one, second one, fourth, seventh, and ninth)
Explanation:
Just go down and count each one to find these numbers. They use the correct semicolon, because ";" means that you can separate 2 sentences and they would be complete.
Example: Kandra is the best friend ever; however she doesn't like ice cream!
^ see how you can separate the 2 areas of the sentence and they would be complete? Sentence 1 "Kandra is the best friend ever" (complete) and "however she doesn't like ice cream" (another complete)
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Plz help what does elaborate mean in this passage
Help! What happened during the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
People refused to ride buses until there was equality between colored and white people.
Answer:
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating. The boycott took place from December 5, 1955, to December 20, 1956, and is regarded as the first large-scale U.S. demonstration against segregation.
Why doesn't Gatsby take his guests to view his swimming pool area? *
A) The guests do not want to do so.
B) The weather is too drizzly.
C) There is not enough time to do so.
Answer:
C
Explanation:
Because if it's A then, why don't they just go home, if it's B, it wouldn't matter, you'll still get wet, and C, it's because they need to go home soon or work, wherever they're going.
Answer:
Its B
Explanation:
In the text it explains how they had many outdoor plans, but the whether was very drizzly. Ive read the book and taken the test and got it correct. Hope this helps!
5x + 2= 27 man I expected my room to look like this
Answer:
x = 5
Explanation:
Simplifying
5x + 2 = 27
Reorder the terms:
2 + 5x = 27
Solving
2 + 5x = 27
Solving for variable 'x'.
Move all terms containing x to the left, all other terms to the right.
Add '-2' to each side of the equation.
2 + -2 + 5x = 27 + -2
Combine like terms: 2 + -2 = 0
0 + 5x = 27 + -2
5x = 27 + -2
Combine like terms: 27 + -2 = 25
5x = 25
Divide each side by '5'.
x = 5
Simplifying
x = 5
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3. hanlet Why do you think he asks this of the actor? What are his intentions?
Answer:-He asks the first player if he can perform The Murder of Gonzago. Hamlet asks him if he were to compose an extra speech if the player could learn it by tomorrow. This additional script will enact the murder that his late father described to him.
Explanation:
go to this link for answers https://quizlet.com/123957873/hamlet-act-2-flash-cards/
What is an example of the Golden Rule in this section?
Use the strongest evidence from the novel in your answer.
(To kill a mockingbird)
Atticus often teaches his children the golden rule by telling them to walk in other people's shoes. He wants Scout and Jem to learn empathy. In chapter 8 of To Kill a Mockingbird, Miss Maudie's house burns down on a cold winter night.