This blog, will be STORIES! And all by me.
Fables, Fairy Tales, or something made up! But only on this blog!
It's not 'officially' up yet, but will be on October 30 2015
But, I will supply a sampler, just as a preview.
~Enjoy, Hannah
Eagles
and Jackdaws By Hannah Walker
Once
upon a time, a very long time ago, when eagles and shepherds didn’t get along, a
vastly graceful eagle, who had something in its beak, plunged down from the
heights of Rysy[1]
to a small field below, seized an innocent petite lamb, and carried it away.
Meanwhile a Jackdaw, who was also in the field and curiously examining the
spectacular feat, felt suddenly envious.
Curiously, the Jackdaw noiselessly landed on a
Ram and tried to carry it away, imitating the Eagle, but to his avail, he didn’t
even rouse the ram. Trying and trying again but never succeeding. In-fact; he
only dangled his claws into the wool. Regrettably stuck, and realizing his
horrid mistake, the Jackdaw cried mournfully.
Fortunately,
someone else was in the field, a Shepard, who previously was sleeping on the
job, was awakened by the cry of the Jackdaw. Startled, he scanned the field
only to find the humorous sight. Slightly chuckling, He caught the bird,
clipped its wings: paralyzing it forever, and brought it home to show off his
family. Now realizing the horrific mistake he had made, the Jackdaw mourned his
lost ability to fly and forever became the Shepard’s prize. And When anybody asked
how he caught the creature the Shepard answered, “He pridefully believed that
he was an eagle, and tried to carry away one of my rams, But I’m sure he will
now recall,” gesturing to the clipped wings, “The horrid repercussions, and
that he is in fact, a jackdaw.”
You
need not compare, for fear you might lose what you have. Do not wish to be
another bird, if it is graced with gifts, for you will ‘lose your wings’.
[1] Rysy (Slovak: Rysy, Polish pronunciation: [ˈrɨsɨ]; German: Meeraugspitze, Hungarian:
Tengerszem-csúcs) is a mountain in the crest of the High Tatras, lying on the
border between Poland and Slovakia. Rysy has three peaks: the middle at 2,503 m
(8,212 ft); the north-western at 2,499 m (8,199 ft); and the south-eastern at
2,473 m (8,114 ft). The north-western peak is the highest point of Poland; the
other two peaks are on the Slovak side of the border, in the Prešov Region.
