Taming of the Birds

It was a small, warm family consisting of three members—a mother, a father, and their only child. The boy was soft-hearted and deeply imaginative; his favorite pastimes were drawing beautiful artwork and reading storybooks. His days passed peacefully in his own creative world.

​One day, during a holiday, the young boy went out for a stroll with his father. While walking down the street, his eyes suddenly caught a small hanging cage outside a shop. Inside were two breathtakingly beautiful birds with vibrant, colorful feathers. Captivated by their beauty, the boy instantly fell in love with them and earnestly begged his father to buy them for him. Relenting to his child's affectionate plea and persistence, the father had no choice but to purchase the pair.

​Thus began their journey of taming the birds.

​The boy was overjoyed beyond measure to finally have them. He began feeding them daily and refreshing their water with utmost care. However, one day, when he lovingly reached out his hand to gently pet one of them, the startled birds bit his hand in fear. Tears welled up in the boy’s eyes, and a wave of hurt and frustration washed over him. Seeing this, his mother gently explained, "They come from a completely different world, my son. Just like us, they are scared right now. You shouldn't touch them; instead, show them love from a distance."

​Listening to his mother, his fear and anger subsided. From that day on, he stopped trying to touch them directly, but he never missed a day of feeding and caring for them. Days turned into weeks. As the fear of their new environment slowly faded, the birds began to warm up to their young master and trust him.

​Then came an unsettling morning. He had tucked them in with great care the night before, but upon waking up and looking toward the cage, his heart sank—one of the birds was missing! Where could it have gone? Overwhelmed with grief, the boy broke down in tears. He refused to eat anything all day, sitting quietly in profound sorrow as dusk began to fall.

​While standing alone on the veranda in the fading evening light, out of nowhere, the missing bird suddenly flew in from the sky and gently landed right on his hand!

​That moment was the happiest of the boy's life. From then on, he never kept them locked in a cage again. During the day, he would let the pair fly freely outside to enjoy the open sky, and before twilight approached, the two birds would always fly back to him on their own. It seemed as though coming close to their master washed away all the weariness of the day.