Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Holding Up the Sky....a very short fable from China

One day an elephant saw a hummingbird lying flat on its back on the ground.
The bird's tiny feet were raised up into the air.

"What on earth are you doing, Hummingbird?" asked the elephant.

The hummingbird replied, "I have heard that the sky might fall today. If that should happen,
I am ready to do my bit in holding it up."

The elephant laughed and mocked the tiny bird.

"Do you think those little feet could hold up the sky?"

"Not alone," admitted the hummingbird.
"But each must do what he can. And this is what I can do."

From Three Minute Tales by Margaret Read MacDonald pg 145

2 comments:

nierel therese said...

i love the story,,,it was nice,,,i never espect that this story was a very powerful..imagine love is srtonger than death..it was great...

Anonymous said...

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