Kindness
By Hannah Walker
Once Upon a Time, a ghastly serpent succeeded
in surprising an innocent eagle and wrapping around the neck of the bird. Unfortunately
the Eagle couldn’t reach the back of his neck, which also means, he couldn’t reach
the corrupt Serpent with his beak, or claws. The Eagle even soared into the sky
to try to shake off the unscrupulous creature. But that horrific Serpent only held
on tighter, so the woefully overcome Eagle dropped to earth gasping for air.
Meanwhile a Countryman, who was mindlessly day-dreaming, caught sight of
the bizarre scene. In pity for the unfair fight, he rushed to the damaged bird,
and removed the vile creature from the Eagle’s neck. The Eagle was absolutely
delighted, the Serpent, however, was enraged. He tried to find a chance to bite
the heroic Countryman but couldn’t, so he struck his drinking horn while the
Countryman wasn’t looking, thus contaminating the horn with deadly venom.
The
Countryman, seeing that his work was done, departed home. But he became rather
thirsty, filled his horn with water from the clear stream, and was about to
swallow when he heard a breathtaking call from above. Bewilderment acquired the
Countryman and he lowered his horn slightly; and witnessed the Eagle lunge down
and seized the deadly horn from his startled grip. The Eagle swiftly bolted
away to distribute the horn elsewhere, somewhere, where no one would ever find
it.
Never underestimate an act of Kindness, for
it is almost always repaid.
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