A boy found an eagle’s egg and he put it in the nest of a chicken. Soon the egg broke open and the eagle came out. He thought he was a chicken. He grew up doing what chickens do—searching in the dirt for food and flying short distances with a noisy waving of wings. It was a hard life. Little by little the eagle grew older . One day he and his chic ken friend saw . a beautiful bird flying in the air, high above
the mountains.
“Oh, I wish I could fly like that!” said the eagle. The chicken replied , “Don’t give it another thought. That’s the great eagle, the king of all birds—you could never be like him!” And the eagle didn’t give it another thought. He went on cackling and complaining about life . Finally he died thinking he was a chicken.
My friends, you too were born an eagle. The God expected you to be an eagle, so don’t listen to the chickens!