An atheist kept a caged bird. He was traveling to India, the bird’s homeland. He asked if he could bring anything back. The bird asked for its freedom. The atheist refused. So the bird asked the man to visit a jungle in India and announce his captivity to the free birds.
The man did this, but no sooner did he speak than a wild bird, like his own, fell from a tree. The atheist knew this was his bird’s relative. He felt sad. When he got home, the bird asked if he had good news. “No,” he said. “My news is bad. One of your relatives collapsed when I mentioned your captivity.”
When he spoke, the atheist’s bird collapsed and fell to the cage bottom. The news of his kinsman’s death killed him,” the man thought. Sadly, he picked up the bird and set it on the windowsill. At once, the bird revived and flew to a nearby tree. “Now you know, the bird said, “that what you thought was disaster was good news for me. Your words told me how to save myself.”
The bird flew away, free at last.
2006-10-11
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