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The red-crowned crane, unaware if it heard its companion's call or not, flapped its pristine wings and started to run swiftly with its long legs in the stream.
As its wings beat up and down, gaining speed, it eventually took off into the air.
Its long neck stretched forward, and its slender legs dangled behind like the tail of a kite, looking extremely graceful.
"Wow, can it actually fly? There's no fence around, aren't you afraid they'll fly away?"
Fang Ye explained, "We've cut the feathers on their wings every couple of inches! They can fly up a little, but will come down again if they go too far. It probably went to play by the lake at the back where many cranes are found.
The landscape of the garden is man-made, and the surrounding trees serve as a natural barrier, limiting the cranes' range of movement.