UMary Allen
I-crane inyoni elingana nonogolantethe. Naye uhamba ngendlela ebukekayo, yingakho zombili zibuye zibizwe ngezinyoni ezigidayo. Ama-Cranes ahlala enyakatho yeYurophu, isibonelo enyakatho-mpumalanga yeJalimane, ePoland, naseScandinavia. Bachitha ubusika eSpain noma ogwini olusenyakatho ye-Afrika. Ezinye izinhlobo ze-crane nazo zihlala e-Afrika, e-Asia naseNyakatho Melika.
I-crane inamehlo abomvu noma awolintshi. Kukhona indawo ebomvu phezu kwekhanda ebizwa ngokuthi "Isitokwe sekhanda". Yisikhumba nje, azikho izinsiba lapho. I-crane inomugqa omnyama nomhlophe entanyeni, umzimba ompunga, imilenze emide, nezimpaphe ezingemuva.
I-crane ikhula ifike kumasentimitha ayi-120 ubude futhi ingaba nesisindo esingamakhilogremu ayisithupha. Isici esikhethekile amaphiko ayo amakhulu: ukusuka kwelinye iphuzu kuya kwelinye kungaphezu kwamamitha amabili. Ukukhala kwayo kukhulu kakhulu futhi kuzwakala njengecilongo.
Okhrayini bahlala ezindaweni ezimanzi ezinamanzi angashoni, avulekile, njengamaxhaphozi namabhogi. Lezi zinyoni ziphumule ezimfundeni nasemasimini. Baphinde bafune ukudla kwabo lapho, futhi bayizilwane zonke: Badla izilwane ezincane njengezinambuzane, izikelemu, namaxoxo, kodwa nezitshalo ezinjengamazambane, ubhontshisi, uphizi, amajikijolo, okusanhlamvu nokunye okuningi.
Ama-cranes angabekela amaqanda kusukela eminyakeni emihlanu noma eyisithupha, futhi kuphela ngonyaka. Ngokuvamile kuba iqanda elilodwa kuya kwamathathu. Isikhathi sokuzalanisa sithatha cishe inyanga yonke. Amatshwele e-crane ashiya isidleke ngemva kosuku olulodwa nje. Kodwa-ke azikakwazi ukundiza kodwa zisuka esidlekeni nabazali bazo. Abazali babe sebebasiza ukuba bathole ukudla.