"But he learned to crawl (it was his third winter), and we brought him out of the front room, putting him on the rug before the fireplace
"I helped Doodle up, and when he was standing alone, I let them look" (6).
"Even death did not mar its grace, for it lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers, and we stood around it, awed by its exotic beauty" (9-10).
"I ran as fast as I could, leaving him far behind with a wall of rain dividing us" (12).
"For a long time, it seemed forever, I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen scarlet ibis from the heresy of rain" (12).