Translations:Benutzer:Arian/Klett-Mini-Test/487/en

Birds sculpt, enliven and ensoul the element of air in the powerful beat of wings, in sweeping arcs or in sublime gliding at great heights. More than any other animal that can rise into the aerial space, birds are the rulers of the skies. As the earthworm, as a being of metabolism, is earth-born — drawing the earth into itself — and the fish, as a being of rhythm, is water-born — allowing the water to stream through it — so the bird is air-born. Its entire body is