The Tale of the

Two Trees
There once were two trees on a
riverbank. A sparrow was pass-
ing by along with its children
and was looking for a place to
build its nest. It noticed the two
trees and went to the first tree.
The sparrow asked the tree
whether it will let it make its nest
on it. The first tree downright re-
fused to let the sparrow stay on it,
and the sparrow was annoyed by
this.
 It left the first tree and asked
the second one. The second tree
agreed, and the sparrow built its
nest on the second tree. The spar-
row started living happily on the
second tree with its family.
One day, the clouds turned grey,
and heavy rain started to pour.
The nearby river began to flood
and uprooted the first tree, and
the tree was being washed away
along with the river. The sparrow
told the first tree that this misfor-
tune was because it refused to let
the sparrow and its family build a
nest on it.
The tree replied that it was old
and ailing already. A storm like
this could easily take it out, so if it
had let the sparrow build the nest
on it, now the sparrow too would
have been washed away along
with its family. The tree wished
the sparrow and its family a long
and healthy life as it drifted away.