gracefully is a thing implanted in me by nature, and thy style of going is equally
a natural characteristic. My going is in one way, and thy mode of procedure is
quite another. Leave off this fancy and relinquish this idea."
The Crow replied: "Since I have plunged into this affair, no idle stories shall
make me give it up; and until I grasp my wished-for object, I will not turn back
from this road."
So the unfortunate Crow for a long time ran after the Partridge, and having failed
to learn his method of going, forgot his own too, and could in nowise recover it.