| Show 0 WINDING UP THE OWL A bewildered maria mans adventure in a museum in ili one of the new york museums in in it a wire wire cage is is a i monster owl with eyes as cate bl I 1 as 5 3 gold 0 A 11 solemn looking man mail wandered red from file he serpents den to tile owls euge cuge si and nd his hia eyes met those of tile he captive captive bird As lie he walked around t the e cage cag ge tile tho bi big flat eyes of tile tho owl remained fixed upon him ile he kept on oil alad while the claws of the bird clutched the rod on oil which it perched the eyes neither winked nor wavered three I 1 times i euils he made the circuit of the cage kee keeping ing his eyes fixed on those of trl the e owl then lie lial halted ted still eyeing tile bird lull and a perplexed d look boole came over his fire face asun if he c at arted on oil wit with if quicker step and as often as lie he ninde made the circuit of 0 tho ilia e cage we lie he closed one fin finger ger of his open hand after ho if liall iad doubled over seven fingers mj ai it in the museum cattle up tip and asked him what it was all about 4 go way said tilt ilian rinn without taking lilt eyes front from the owl and lie he kept on oil around till he hall had closed the other finger and both thu thumbs tian he lial ted and still ke lits axed those of keeping 1114 eyes zilla on ia the le T 1 lie said ive walked d around that owl ten tell times since I 1 bejan collating coi inting and three or four times before and he taken his eyes off of me yet nor let go the perch with his claws lie he ought to be pretty near wound if up P I 1 a not lie he the ran museum scum man thought the stranger was a crank and went avent off t to 0 attend to some boys who were pestering the monkeys with the observation that he be could keep on oil walking as ion long is as the life owl could k keep turning U r l i 0 his I 1 lead head go 0 around without capt 1 letting ll 11 1 1 g go 0 with his claws the e r started on lie ile made ei eight ht or ten tell more circuits and if then ten halted and waited to see sec the owls head uy back like a piece apiece of twisted indian rubber buethe but the owls eyes remained fastened I upon him with a placid look well avell that beats nic me sid said the man a if and lie he disappeared eared town down the ile st stairway airway what pulled the man mail lias been b ca a puzzle to naturalists natura lists also one of the file solutions is that after each turn the owls head flies back so quickly quick ily thattie that the human eye cannot detect the c movement sveto york sun still |
