A thunderstorm was
over.
There was a rainbow
over the fields.
A sparrow said:
“I’m fed up with
being colorless and ugly! I think I should dive into the rainbow and become as
good-looking as a parrot!”
He flew towards the
rainbow but it retreated from him until it finally disappeared.
The sparrow landed
on the ground. He was so upset that he didn’t even notice how he was caught in
a net, which lay on the grass.
“Oh, it’s just a
sparrow,” the bird-catcher drawled disapprovingly when he saw the prey, and
released the sparrow.
If the sparrow had
really turned into a parrot, he would have lost his freedom forever!
Translated by The Catalog of Good Deeds
CONVERSATION