Thread of the First Flight

Thread of the First Flight

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authorWendewessen Worku

A frail snowcock chick named Asha, stranded by storm and starvation, embarks on her first 1,200-km migration across the Hindu Kush. Fueled by 12 calories, aided by a shepherd’s tsampa and a goose’s fish, she rides thermals, evades eagles, and loses 38% of her body weight—yet reaches the Indus, marked forever by a red thread of survival.

age3 - 8 שנים
emotional intelligence
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