“You have bewitched me,” he said, “and I cannot live without you. The next day this same young man returned. The California Condor narrowly dodged extinction in the 1980s thanks to conservation efforts involving Andean Condors reintroduced to Peru’s Illescas peninsula. The young woman lent him the pin, and when he had finished using it, he went away. Lend me the long pin from your scarf so I can scratch it.” I have a burning itch behind my shoulder. “No, I do not care for your mountaintops. The clear blue sky would be our roof, and from deep in the valley the flowers would send up their perfume. Won’t you go there with me? You would be the queen of the air. And there among the brilliant snows I enjoy pure solitude and perfect silence. “I see the first light of dawn and the last light of evening. “I come from the high mountaintops, close to the thunder,” he said. But you have not seen the last of me.” The next day the condor returned, again disguised as a young man. I love my sheep and I love to be free, to be alone, and to sing. “Oh no,” she replied, “for then I would lose my freedom. The Condors along the Apurimac canyon allow you the opportunity to observe the largest flying bird in the world, the majestic Andean Condor soaring from the. “Would you like me to stay with you and help you chase the fox and scare away the condor?” “I sing my songs, and with my slingshot I chase away the fox who comes to eat my lambs and the great condor who tries to snatch me up in his talons.” He changed himself into a handsome young man and came and stood beside her where her flock was grazing.
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