There
was once a lonely girl who longed desperately for love. One
day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving
song birds. She took them home and put them in a small glided
cage. She nurtured them with love and the birds grew strong.
Every morning they greeted her with a marvellous song. The girl
felt great love for the birds. She wanted their singing to last
forever.
One day the girl left the door to the cage
open. The larger and stronger of the two birds flew from the
cage. The girl watched anxiously as he circled high above her.
She was so frightened that he would fly away and she would never
see him again that as he flew close, she grasped at him wildly.
She caught him in her fist. She clutched him tightly within
her hand. Her heart gladened at her sucess in capturing him.
Suddenly she felt the bird go limp. She opened her hand stared
in horror at the dead bird. Her desperate clutching love had
killed him.
She noticed the other bird teteering on the
edge of the cage. She could feel his great need for freedom.
His need to soar into the clear, blue sky. She lifted him from
the cage and tossed him softly into the air. The bird circled
once, twice, three times.
The girl watched delighted at the bird's enjoyment.
Her heart was no longer concerned with her loss. She wanted
the bird to be happy. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed
softly on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest melody, she had
ever heard.
The fastest way to lose love is to hold on
too tight, the best way to keep love is to give it -- WINGS!
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