Wednesday, July 9, 2014
The Hospitality of The Pigeon
Once upon a time, there lived two pigeons. They were husband
and wife. They spend their day looking for food. In the evening they would come
and rest on their favorite tree in the forest.
One evening, the wife returned home early. A usual she was
waiting for her husband, when suddenly it started raining. She started to
worry. “Where are you, my dear? You never get so late,” she whispered to
herself.
Just then she saw a bird-catcher coming towards her. In a cage
he had a pigeon. It was her husband. “OH no, what shall I do now” I wish I can
help my husband,” she said. She desperately tried to distract the bird-catcher
by flapping her wings, but all in vain.
Soon, it stopped raining. “Brrr! It is so cold,” said the
bird-catcher. His clothes were wet. He decided to sit under the same tree where
the two pigeons lived.
The poor wife sat by her husband’s cage. And she started to
cry. The husband said. “Do not feel sad, dear. We now have a guest. This man is
shivering and hungry. He needs your help.” Hearing this, the wife flew around
getting dry twigs. She made a fire for the bird-catcher.
Then she looked at the bird-catcher and said, “You are our
guest, since I have no food to offer, I will jump into this fire. In few
minutes I will become an edible item for you. You can eat me.”
By now, the bird-catcher was overwhelmed by the hospitality
of the humble pigeon couple.
He at once stopped the wife jumping into the fire. He opened
the cage and set the husband free. “I have been cruel and selfish. I will never
trap any bird in my net again,” said the bird-catcher and went away. The two
pigeons were happy to be reunited.
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