Tuesday, June 2, 2009

The big fire and the little water

Long time ago there was a great fire in the forests that covered our Earth. People and animals started to run, trying to escape from the fire. One of the eagles, was flying away also when he noticed a small bird hurrying back and forth between the nearest river and the fire. He headed towards this small bird.

He noticed that it was a small sparrow, flyinging to the river, picking up small drops of water in his beak, then returning to the fire to throw that tiny bit of water on the flame. The eagle approached the sparrow and yelled at him: "What are you doing brother? Are you stupid? You are not going to achieve anything by doing this. What are you trying to do? You must run for your life!"

The sparrow stopped for a moment and looked at the big eagle, and then answered:
"I am doing the best I can with what I have."

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