As a result, many died of starvation, and the final death-toll is estimated to be over one million. During the siege, the German army surrounded the city entirely, preventing anything from going in or out. This song is a portrayal of the 900-day Siege of Leningrad during the Second World War. The crane, seeing him, flies away and never returns. He is shocked to discover that at the loom is a crane plucking feathers from her own body and weaving them into the loom. He eventually peeks in to see what she is doing to make the silk she weaves so desirable. Oblivious to his wife's declining health, his greed increases. They begin to sell them and live a comfortable life, but he soon makes her weave them more and more. Because they need money, his wife offers to weave wondrous clothes out of silk that they can sell at the market, but only if he agrees never to watch her making them. After he releases the crane, a woman appears at his doorstep with whom he falls in love and marries. While there are many variations of the tale, a common version is that a poor man finds an injured crane on his doorstep (or outside with an arrow in it), takes it in and nurses it back to health. ![]() ![]() The Crane Wife is an old Japanese folktale.
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