Bringing a giraffe into the world is a tall order. Ababy giraffe falls 10 feet from its ******’ s womb andusually lands on its back. Within seds it rolls overand tucks its legs us body. From this position itsiders the world for the first time and shakes off thelast vestiges of the birthing fluid from its eyes and the ****** giraffe rudely introduces its offspring tothe reality of his book， A View from the Zoo， Gary Riddescribes how a newbiraffe learns its first *** ****** giraffe lowers her head long enough totake a quick look. Then she positions herself directlyover her calf. She waits for about a minute， and thenshe does the most unreasohing. She swings herlong， pendulous leg outward and kicks her baby， sothat it is sent sprawling head over it doesn’ t get up， the violent process is re? peated over and ain. The struggle to rise is mo? mentous. As the baby calf grows tired， the ****** kicksit again to stimulate its efforts. Finally， the calf standsfor the first time on its wobbly the ****** giraffe does the most remarkablething. She kicks it off its feet again. Why？ She wants itto remember how it got up. In the wild， baby giraffe**ust be able to get up as quickly as possible to stay withthe herd， where there is safety. Lions， hyenas， leop? ard s， and wild hunting dogs all enjoy young giraffes，and they’ d get it too， if the ****** didn’ t teach hercalf to get up quickly a with late Irving Stone uood this. He spent alifetime studying greatness， writing novelizedbiographies of such men as Michelangelo， Vi vanGogh， Sigmund Freud， and Char*** was once asked if he had found a thread thatruns through the lives of all these exceptional said， “ I write about people who sometime in theirlife have a vision or dream of something that should beacco**lished and they go to work. They are beatehe head， knocked down， vilified， and for years theyget nowhere. But every time they’ re knocked dowand up. You ot destroy these people. And atthe end of their lives they’ ve a plished somemodest part of what they set out to do. ”热词空间giraffe n. 长颈鹿pendulous a. 悬挂而摇摆不定的leopard n. 豹， 美洲豹 （本章完）