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One day, an
eagle was flying
through the sky
with her huge
wings, searching
with her
watchful eyes
for food for the
chicks she had
left safe from
danger in the
nest among the
branches of a
large tree.
Suddenly, the
powerful bird,
gliding closer
to the ground,
noticed a dove
trying to save
her offspring
from the
clutches of a
hungry vulture.
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The dove
fluttered her
wings and
chirped,
distressed to
see that the
vulture
approached her
nest. But before
he got close to
the dove’s
babies, the
great eagle saw
her despair,
what would
happen, and full
of pity,
thought: "What
if it were my
babies that were
in danger? I
would be
grateful to
those who saved
them!" |
Then the eagle
dove in fast
flight, arriving
in time to stop
the vulture as
he approached
the newborn
little doves.
The dove mother,
seeing the eagle
was coming
toward her nest,
spread her wings
in fear and in a
gesture to
defence her
babies.
However the
eagle
approaching the
nest did not
attack the doves
like Mrs Dove
had imagined.
She turned
around and
scared the
dreaded Vulture
off, forcing him
to fly away,
afraid of her.
Seeing the eagle
defending her
nest, Mrs Dove
was very
grateful and
chirped:
- Mrs Eagle, I
thank you for
having defended
my babies! You
know that
against a
vulture we are
weak and we
cannot defend
ourselves! Thank
you!
The eagle sat on
a branch nearby
and advised
her:
- Mrs. Dove, be
very careful
with birds like
those! They are
dangerous and
are always in
search of food
that nowadays is
not easy to
find.
- That’s exactly
why, Mrs. Eagle,
I am grateful to
you. If you
wanted you would
have no trouble
taking my
babies. However,
you saved them!
The eagle said
goodbye and took
off, glad she
had helped.
Mrs. Dove, now
calmer,
approached her
chicks and
hugged them with
her wings,
relieved and
happy to be
together and
safe.
A few days
later, Mrs. Dove
was again
looking for food
for her babies,
when she saw a
large and very
strange bird
with a huge beak
and various
colours. As she
had never seen
anything like it
she was very
frightened and
started to
shout:
- Do not
approach! Go
away, this is
not your place!
I've never seen
you around
here!
And the huge
bird, moving its
strange big
beak, said:
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- Do not worry,
Mrs. Dove. I
will not do you
any harm! You do
not know me
because I'm from
a family of
toucans and we
recently arrived
here in the
area. We come
from afar and
have babies that
are hungry. I
need to find
food for them!
Can you tell me
where I can find
food?
Mrs. Dove,
hearing it,
understood that
Mrs. Toucan
posed no danger
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to her
and
remembering
the help
she had
received
from
Mrs.
Eagle,
decided
to be
generous
too with
the
toucan
mother,
and
asked: |
- What does your
species eat?
The toucan mom
explained that
they ate
insects, geckos
and also many
kinds of fruit.
Then, Mrs. Dove
explained to her
where she could
find what she
needed. The
toucan mother
gratefully
said:
- Thank you,
Mrs. Dove! I do
not know how to
thank you for
the help you
gave me. If I
can be useful in
something, let
me know! ...
The dove,
remembering the
generosity of
the eagle,
said:
- It is easy! If
you find someone
who also needs
help, do the
same with them,
and you will be
blessed.
Mrs. Toucan
showed her she
had understood
and concluded:
- Mrs. Dove, I
consider you a
friend and if
you ever need
anything, or
know of someone
in need, you can
count on me!
They hugged
each other
happily and each
went to their
way certain that
they would be
friends
forever.
MEIMEI
(Psychographed
by Celia X. de
Camargo on
08.02.2016.)
