Two little birds rested on their perch<\/p>\n
The first one asked, “Who do we answer to?<\/p>\n
Do we answer to the heavens, to the sun and moon above?<\/p>\n
To the stars and the inky blackness of the night that envelopes us in cooling comfort<\/p>\n
To the clouds and the wind that rush past us as we soar across the world”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And the heavens and the earth smiled<\/p>\n
Proud of their creation<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The second responded,<\/p>\n
“What about the earth? Do we answer to her?<\/p>\n
The soft ground beneath our feet, calling us to eat<\/p>\n
The rushing oceans and rivers, quenching our thirst<\/p>\n
And the trees that grow from her, giving us homes and a place to rest our weary wings<\/p>\n
She provides us with so much<\/p>\n
Why shouldn’t we answer to her?”<\/p>\n
The first looked down at the earth below, stumped<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And the heavens and the earth smiled<\/p>\n
Proud of their creation<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Together they sat. Perched, pondering, children of both heaven and earth<\/p>\n
“It is neither,” the first said. “It is both,” said the second<\/p>\n
After much deliberation, they said together<\/p>\n
“We answer to the other birds who live with us in the heavens and on the earth<\/p>\n
Those birds we fly with in the sky, eat with on the ground, nest with in the trees<\/p>\n
We answer to them all”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And the heavens and the earth smiled<\/p>\n
Proud of their creation<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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