<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=368300" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Chameleon Crawl.</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The baby, palms planted, <br>arms straight and stomach grounded, <br>moves with........not a crawl, <br>more of a mudskipper wriggle.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Next day, same stance, <br>gingerly brings both knees forward, <br>belly and pelvis now precariously hoisted<br>ten centimetres up; <br>the body plane tracing<br>a slight asymmetrical figure of eight<br>on four unsteady limbs, <br>like a table top with loose pinned legs.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Tiny hip and shoulder joints; <br>slippery as beginners on skates.<br>Tender muscles twitching.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Brain and nerves fully engaged; <br>sensory input, predictions, transmissions, <br>feedbacks and adjustments, <br>all faster than conscious thought.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The newly raised bottom has tilted<br>the angle of his disproportionately large head<br>a few degrees towards the horizontal, <br>suggestive of an imminent forward topple.<br>He slants limbs aft, to compensate.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then, one hand is lifted, replaced, lifted again<br>and precisely placed, just ahead of the other.<br>A cautious knee follows suit; <br>miniscule progression.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He surveys his world, swaying back and forth.<br>The baby, just seven months old, <br>is presenting his impression of<br>the chameleon's particular<br>and delicately hesitant gait.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">This enchanting stage will be fleeting.<br>Presently, he will be demonstrating-<br>the determined wombat's stomp.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Diane+Hine">Diane Hine</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=368300" data-title="The Chameleon Crawl. de Diane Hine" data-description="The baby, palms planted, arms straight and stomach grounded, moves with........not a crawl, more of a mudskipper wriggle. Next day, same stance, gingerly brings both knees forward, belly and pelvis now precariously hoisted ten centimetres up..."></div> </div> </div>

solid border dashed border dotted border double border groove border ridge border inset border outset border no border blue green red purple cyan gold silver black