In the story "A Single Shard" there are many characteristics that could describe Crane-man. Crane-man best fits the characteristic wise. In the story, Crane-man says "Your mind knows that you are going to Songdo. But you must not tell your body. It must think one hill, one valley, one day at a time." These wise words that Crane-man said was when he was talking to Tree-ear before he left. Crane-man calms tree-ear down by saying this. These words mean that Tree-ear should only think of going to one village at a time until he gets to Songdo. One example is that Crane-man said "Work gives a man dignity, stealing takes it away." One’s example supports our reasoning because this shows that stealing is not right, it is better to earn. Crane man has
