His First Flight by Liam O’ Flaherty

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Across
  1. 6. perform a series of jumps on the hind legs
  2. 10. laugh in a loud, harsh way
  3. 11. with a high pitched and piercing voice or sound
  4. 15. a long, narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed
  5. 17. discard
  6. 20. eat quickly
  7. 21. loudly and forcefully
  8. 23. to tidy and clean its feathers
  9. 25. scold
  10. 27. a wide continuous area of something
  11. 29. with the head foremost
Down
  1. 1. a bird that lives near the sea and has short legs long wings, and white and grey feathers
  2. 2. in a manner expressing contempt or ridicule.
  3. 3. make a sound with one’s voice
  4. 4. grab
  5. 5. lack of bravery
  6. 7. (especially of a bird) move rapidly downwards through the air
  7. 8. horrible
  8. 9. sad
  9. 10. utter a caw
  10. 12. (of a bird) move (its wings) up and down when flying or preparing to fly
  11. 13. gesture
  12. 14. a soft-finned sea fish
  13. 16. gather
  14. 17. flying or rising high in the air
  15. 18. a rounded raised mass of earth or land
  16. 19. making a high-pitched piercing cry or sound
  17. 22. a narrow horizontal shelf projecting from a wall (or here) a cliff
  18. 24. stopped
  19. 26. the extreme edge of land before a steep slope or a body or water
  20. 28. jump or dive