Once upon a time, an extremely handsome and intelligent hawk lived on a tree by the riverside. He was young and handsome but he had no friends. He felt he had no need of them, he was aloof, far too good-looking and smart to need anyone else. Of course he had his share of birds (see what I did there?!!), but, as happens to all of us in the end, one day what he thought was just a shag ended up in him falling in love with a beautiful she-hawk, or whatever you call female hawks. He wanted to marry her but the she-hawk refused to marry him, as he had no friends. “Will you marry me if I make three friends?” – he asked. She said that she definitely would. The hawk then went looking for friends. While flying on the other bank of the river, he saw a huge tortoise. The hawk flew down to him and said, “Dear tortoise, will you be my friend and help me in my hour of need?” The tortoise agreed to become his friend and said, “Call me whenever you need me and I shall come to your side.” The hawk also promised him his help at any time and then flew in search of the second friend. Soon, he came upon an osprey. The hawk went to it and asked her if she would be his friend and help him in time of his need. The osprey very gladly accepted his friendship and offered her help whenever he needed it. The hawk was glad that he had made two friends. He went on searching for a third friend. He flew over the jungle and saw a tiger. Fearless as he was, he went near the tiger and requested him to be his friend. The tiger readily accepted his friendship and said, “From now onwards, I am your friend. Nobody will harm you. If anyone tries to harm you, call me and I will be there to help you.” The hawk was very happy. He thanked the tiger, flew back to the she-hawk and said, “I have made three friends, a tortoise, an osprey and a tiger. Will you marry me now?” The she-hawk agreed to marry him. Soon, their marriage took place. The three friends attended the hawk’s marriage. After some-months, the she-hawk gave birth to two baby hawks. The parent hawks were very happy to have cute little babies. They lived happily in their nest, life was good. One day, two hunters came and sat under that tree. They were tired and hungry, they had not been able to kill any animal. They had even given up and just decided to catch some fish, but they had no luck there either. It was getting dark and the hunters decided to spend the night under that tree. To keep themselves warm, they lit a fire, the flames of which soared high. The hawk-babies in the tree could not bear the heat and the smoke coming out of the fire & started crying. Hearing their cries, the hunters said There are birds in this tree, we could catch them, roast them on the fire and have ourselves something to eat.” The hawks heard them and were really worried about the safety of their babies. The she-hawk suggested that they seek help from their friends. The hawk went to the osprey and told her his problem. The osprey said, “Go home and protect your babies. I shall tackle those two tossers.” The osprey dived into the river and then flew over the fire. The water from her wet feathers fell on the fire. She repeatedly dived into the river and flew over the fire. Eventually the water from her feathers put out the fire. (yeah, that is a bit far-fetched). In the meantime, the hawk went to get help from the tortoise. When the tortoise heard about the hawk’s problem, he said to him, “Do not worry dear friend, I will be there in no time and tackle the hunters in my own way. Go and protect your family.” The tortoise mooched over to the tree, and when the hunters saw him, one of them said, “Look, there is a huge tortoise. Let’s forget about those poxy hawks and catch this tortoise.” The other hunter agreed and said, “Let’s tear our shirts and make a rope. We shall tie one end to the tortoise, and the other to our waists. Then we just pull the tortoise!” Seemed vaguely plausible-ish, but the tortoise’s strength was much greater than the two hunters, and he pulled them into the water. Eventually they managed to swim back to the bank, but they were now cold and wet, had lost their shirts and needed to make another fire. Seeing them collecting leaves and twigs, the hawk was worried again. He flew to the forest and called his third friend, the tiger. He found the tiger at the edge of the forest. When the tiger heard the hawk’s problem, he immediately rushed towards the riverbank. The hunter had now lighted the fire and one of them was preparing to climb the tree to get the hawk babies. Just then, the tiger reached the tree, and mauled the two public school pricks to death. The hawk thanked all his three friends for their kind and timely help. He also realised that it is very important to have at least a few friends. The female-hawk was very wise in advising the hawk to make friends before marrying him. MORAL; However cool or clever we may think we are, everyone benefits from having a few friends they can rely on. Good weekends.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 09:52:58 +0000
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