| Once upon a time,
there was a little sparrow who hated to fly south for the winter. He dreaded the thought
of leaving home so much that he decided to delay the journey until the last possible
moment. After bidding a fond farewell to all of his sparrow friends, he went back to his
nest and stayed for an additional four weeks. Finally the weather turned so cold that he
could delay no longer. As the sparrow took off and started to fly south, it began to rain.
In a short time ice began to form on his wings. Almost dead from cold and exhaustion, he
fell to the earth in a barnyard. As he was breathing what he thought was his last breath, a horse walked
out of the barn and covered the little bird with fertilizer. At first the sparrow could
think of nothing except that this was a terrible way to die. But as the fertilizer started
to sink into his feathers, it warmed him and life began to return to his body. He also
found that he had room to breathe. Suddenly, the little sparrow was so happy that he began
to sing. At that moment, a large cat came into the barnyard, and hearing the chirping
began to dig into the fertilizer to find out where the sound was coming from. The cat
uncovered the bird and ate it. . . .
This story has three
morals:
(1) Not everyone who shits
on you is your enemy.
(2) Not everyone who takes
shit off you is your friend.
(3) When you are warm and comfortable, even
if you are in shit up to your eyeballs, keep your damn mouth shut. |
