Phatermain:
Wings beating hard and feet pounding across the water
Phatermain:
Picking up speed
Phatermain:
Getting faster
Phatermain:
Wings arched as they flap furiously
Phatermain:
Almost airborne
Phatermain:
Pushing hard to take off
Phatermain:
Faster, faster, nearly there
Phatermain:
Wings like a cape the swan's underbody reflected as he runs hard
Phatermain:
Undercarriage up, and the swan is airborne
Phatermain:
A final flap, the wing tips grazing the surface of the river