There in the room they saw not a girl but a crane, weaving her own feathers.“It cannot be!,” gasped the old man, clutching his wife's hand. The crane looked at the couple.
“Yes I am the bird you freed that day. I was granted my wish to become a human so I could repay you.” Tears flooded in the man's eyes.
“I could have stayed with you for ever but now that you know who I really am I must leave.” She stood up and walked over to them and bowed. The old man grabbed her and pulled her over to a room and locked the door. “Now you will stay here and make as many blankets as my heart desires, and if you don’t, I won’t feed you so you better do as you're told.” So she got to work making blankets. But one day she realised that there was a secret door hidden in the wall and it was unlocked. One day when the couple were out at the market, she went through the passage. The passage lead her outside. She flew away and the couple never saw her again.