The story of the “two sparrows”

Edited and RewrittenSiddhartha Choudhary

IllustrationDiptarka Chakraborty

Once upon a time, far off on an island lived two sparrows. They

loved each other and lived with the birds on the island.

One day the female sparrow laid two eggs on the beach. Seeing this, the male

sparrow was very happy and congratulated his beloved. The whole birds’ kingdom

gathered and blessed the couple. The old vulture also joined in and expressed his

regards to the couple.

The old vulture, who was a visionary, then professed that the couple will be

remembered in times to come because of the eggs. The couple took his words

seriously and started taking good care of the eggs.

But one fine morning, destiny had planned otherwise. The male sparrow had gone to

pick some food. On his return he found his sweetheart crying her heart out. Looking

into her eyes he asked as to what has happened. The female sparrow pointed

towards the Ocean and said that the Ocean has gulped the two eggs.

The male sparrow could not believe this and rushed to the spot where the eggs were

kept. The eggs were gone. The Ocean had taken them away for no reason. The male

sparrow went mad and promised his sweetheart that he would get back her eggs, no

matter what may come by.

Without sparing a thought, the male sparrow asked the Ocean to return

the eggs. He assured his wife that he is going to empty the Ocean and

bring back the eggs to her.

The Ocean did not respond and so the male sparrow started at his task. He picked

up a sea shell with his tiny beak and filled it up with the Ocean water. He started

making trips of filling up the shell and then empting it on the other side. The female

sparrow went crazy at this sight. She thought that her husband has gone mad. She

started weeping.

Time passed and the male sparrow continued towards his goal…filling up

the shell and empting it on the other side. Soon the birds flying at the top

saw this mad hunt and they came down to enquire the female sparrow.

Some birds approached the old vulture and told him that the male sparrow had gone mad after

the loss of the eggs. The vulture came to the beach and with concern, he recited a prayer to

summon the Ocean lord. The Ocean lord appeared and the vulture asked him to give the eggs

back to the couple. But he refused, saying that it is the will of the Supreme lord and he has

nothing to do with it. He advised the vulture to go to the Supreme lord and ask for help.

Hearing this, the vulture calmed. He asked the female

sparrow not to worry. The male sparrow – not paying

attention to whatever was happening on the ground below,

was still on his quest to empty the Ocean.

“Only Lord Garuda can take our request to the Supreme lord. He has strong

wings and can make the expedition to the lord in short time. We should fly to

him now, otherwise this sparrow will die of emptying the Ocean.” The old

vulture told his friends.

The old vulture flew with his friends to Garuda. Reaching

there, he explained the madness of the sparrow and the

wrong doing of the Ocean. Lord Garuda was convinced and

agreed to take the matter to the Supreme lord.

Having explained the situation to Garuda, the vultures flew back to the

beach. Garuda did his task in the mean while. He took up the matter with the

Supreme lord and asked him to release the eggs. The Supreme lord agreed

and ordered the Ocean to return the eggs to the sparrows.

The water of the Ocean receded and the Ocean lord gave back the eggs to

the sparrows.

The story of the Sparrows ends here but what it leaves behind is a powerful message -

a message that can change your lives forever…a teaching that has made good people

great.

Seeing the eggs, the female sparrow was happy and apologised to her husband of

having doubting his capability. The male sparrow was relaxed seeing his mission

accomplished. The whole bird’s kingdom was proud of the male sparrow.

The message – “Start now, in time it will

happen.”

The task may seem as big as the Ocean and you

may be as tiny as the sparrow, but this should not

deter you from taking that small step and starting

it at once. It is when you take the small steps that

bigger and powerful things begin to work for you.

This is how great people have achieved

unimaginable success. All you need is to just

start with whatever is at hand.

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