- Look where I lived:
Two
parrots had built their nest on a big banyan tree. The female parrot laid two
eggs in the nest. After some time, the eggs latched. Two chicks came out of
them. The parent birds took good care of them. After few weeks, the young birds
were able to fly for some distances. The father bird said, “We have taken good
care of our young ones. We have fed them well too. They have played together.
They have learned to fly. Now they can take care of themselves. Let us slowly
leave them to decide on their own."
Every
morning the parent birds flew out to fetch food for the young birds. Then they
returned in the evening with food for their young children. This was their
lives went on for a while.
A hunter
saw this behavior of these birds. He learned that the old birds went out in the
morning. He decided to catch the young birds after the old birds would go away
in the morning. As planned he caught the young birds. The young birds struggled
a lot to free themselves from the clutches of the hunter.Eventually One of the
two young birds escaped from the hunter. The other bird was taken in a cage by
the hunter to his house.
“I caught
tow birds. But I lost one parrot," said the hunter to his children. And he
further added to his children, “Keep this parrot safely in the cage and play
with this parrot."
The
hunter’s children played with the parrot. Very soon the parrot in the house of
the hunter learned to speak few words. The children said to their father, “Dad,
can you hear that our parrot has learned to say a few words."
The other
parrot flew away. It had escaped from the hunter. It flew for some time. Then
it came to a hermitage. Some holy men lived in the Hermitage. They did not do
any harm to the young parrot. The young parrot stayed there. It listened to
their talk. It learned to say a few words.
A certain
traveler was walking near the hunter’s hut. He was tired. He sat nest the hut.
He heard the parrot speak. It said, “crazy, why have you come here? I will cut
your throat."
The
traveler was very sorry to hear such bad words. He got up immediately. He left
the place in a hurry. Then he walked for some time and reached the Hermitage.
The parrot was sitting on a tree near the Hermitage.
The
parrot spoke, “Welcome, traveler. Welcome to this heritage. We have a lot of
good fruits in this forest. Eat whatever you like. The holy men will treat you
well."
The
traveler was surprised. He said to the parrot. “I met a young parrot near a
hunter’s hut. It spoke badly. I left the place immediately. Now I have met you.
You speak so well. Your words are kind and gentle. I still don’t understand
this: Both you and the other birds are parrots. Why this difference in your
language here? "For this statement, the parrot in the hermitage suspected
that the other parrot was none other than it’s brother.
The
hermitage parrot said, “Traveler, the other parrot is my brother. But we have
lived in two different places. My brother has learned the hunter’s language.
But I have learned the language of holy people.
Moral of
the story: It is the company that shapes your words and deeds." Good
company helps you learn good things. The bad company makes you lean bad things.
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