Three wise
birdies
Andrés Díaz Marrero
Term of
use
Three birdies were living
in the woods close to a hill. They were brothers. Dally was
the elder, Pearly, came second, and last came Tinkle, her
little brother.
Dally, learns by looking. Pearly, learns by listening.
Tinkle, learns by heeding the teaching of his sisters.
Dally, who learns by looking, had learned the different
places of the forest patch. She knew the distance between
the shrubs and the trees. She also knew about trees with
hollows on them.
The three wise birdies were chatting on the branch of a
mango tree. Dally was reminding Tinkle about their mom's
warnings: - We must always be on alert when at the ground
looking for worms or picking seeds to eat. - Pearly and
Tinkle nodded. Dally continued -We have to look at all sides
while picking. We need to keep our ears open and ready to
listen to any noise that might means danger. We got to be
ready to flight in case we need to. Above all we must beware
of the red tail hawk. The red tail hawk is a big bird and he
likes to eat the small birdies. If we where to...
All of a sudden, holding the tip of her wing to her tightly
closed beak, Pearly asked for silence. She had listened to a
strange noise. They all froze still, and seconds later they
heard a strong beating of wings.
Dally had already seen the shadow of the red tail hawk on
the ground. She moved her beak back and forth and shouted:
follow me! - Their brothers all flew behind her.
- Hurry up! let's hide in the hollow of the gynep tree. They
obeyed.
Dally knew that the gynep tree had a hollow big enough to
allow only small birds to go trough. The red tail hawk was
too big to enter it.
Said and done. The three of them flew into the hollow of the
tree to hide.
The red tail hawk flew in circles around the tree. Cackling
with fury above in the air because his chance for a quick
meal was gone.
Safe in the hollow of the tree the three wise birdies went
back to their talk. There they spoke about the importance of
learning to look and to listen; they also spoke about small
brother's heeding the advice of the elders.
Because of their wisdom they all were unharmed.
What ever happened to the red tail hawk?
He had to go some place else to look for meal!
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