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  • Said the Caliph: "Three times must we bow towards the east; and then say 'Mu — Mu — Mu —'" but no more could he recall, and both he and the Caliph had no choice but to remain Storks.

    Hauff's Fairy Tales, Translated and Adapted Cicely Hauff McDonnell 1903

  • The Vizier at length proposed that they should go further on, to a pond where he had often seen many of those beautiful creatures called Storks, which, by their grave appearance and their continual clacking, had always excited his attention.

    Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know Various 1896

  • RJ sez, Storks will choose the position for their nest for a variety of reasons and if that happens to be atop a man-made object, then so be it.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • Sam Panthaky/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Storks sat on treetops near the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, Dec. 14.

    India's Birds of Winter 2011

  • Left, a boy searched for recyclable material as endangered Adjutant Storks sat on a garbage dump on the outskirts of the eastern Indian city of Gauhati, June 5, 2011.

    World Environment Day 2011

  • Left, a boy searched for recyclable material as endangered Adjutant Storks sat on a garbage dump on the outskirts of the eastern Indian city of Gauhati, June 5, 2011.

    World Environment Day 2011

  • New American Jesus insurgents NAJi, gang wars, Thousand Storks mercenaries and martial law has turned Los Angeles into a war zone, while droughts and an economic collapse has resulted in food shortages, mandatory water rationing, too-expensive gas, and uncertain futures.

    “Sleepless” by Charlie Huston (Reviewed by Robert Thompson) Robert 2009

  • Next to a pink double bed are three chests of drawers of eggs; the nearest to the pink pillows are labeled “Doves,” “Cormorants and Darters,” “Auks, Petrels,” and “Penguins, Pelicans, Storks, Gannet.”

    A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009

  • Storks mixed today after the bailout plan for the nation's financial system continues to cause ripples on Wall Street.

    CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2008 2008

  • The amount of Wood Storks flying overhead reminded me of a fall day in Minnesota with flocks of Canada Geese filling the morning sky.

    Crooked Tree Scott Schmidt 2007

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