The Strange Bird with Two Heads
Once
upon a time, there lived a strange bird with two heads; one facing the left and
the other facing the right. The two heads used to fight and argue with each
other, even for very simple reasons. Though they shared the same body, the two
heads behaved like rivals!
The
strange bird lived in a big banyan tree, along the bank of a river.
One
day, while flying over the river, the left head of the bird saw a beautiful
tree that had a bright red fruit. The left head of the bird wanted to eat the
fruit and the bird flew down to pick the fruit from the tree.
The
bird plucked the sweet smelling fruit, and sat by the banks of the river and
started eating it. The fruit was eaten by the left head. While it was eating,
the right head asked, “Can you give me a piece to taste?”
The
left head said, “See, we have only one stomach. So even if I eat in my mouth,
it will go only into our stomach.”
“But
I want to taste the fruit, so you should give me.”
The
left head replied in anger, “I saw the fruit and hence, I have the right to eat
it without sharing with anyone.”
The
right head felt sad and became silent.
A
few days later, while the bird was flying over the river again, the right head
saw a beautiful pink fruit in a tree. The bird flew down near the tree and
tried to pick the fruit and eat it.
The
other birds living in the tree said, “Don’t eat it. It is a poisonous fruit. It
will kill you.”
The
left head shouted, “Don’t eat it. Don’t eat it.”
However
the right head did not listen to the left head. The right head said, “I will
eat it, because I saw it. You have no right to stop me.
0 comments:
Post a Comment