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One of the fastest and lightest of all birds. It’s made completely of paper, carefully folded. For centuries ornithologists have studied the exact twists and creases that give it life. Nobody has ever managed to create a living bird, to give the final twist that makes it come alive, makes it fly. It’s found wherever paper is, born in libraries, in piles of discarded newspapers, remaindered novels. It can suddenly fly out from the pages of a book that’s gone unread too long. Its song varies, depending on what’s on its pages. Some turn a headline or a piece of