Have you ever thought why animals don’t talk and
trees don’t walk? Well, it is a long story that happened millions of years ago.
It was long back, when all the living creatures had legs to walk and a voice to
talk. The world was so lively then, with all the living beings singing and
dancing all day. The trees were considered the oldest and the wisest of all
while man was said to be the most ignorant (which was later proved to be
wrong).
One fine
evening when the cool breeze was tickling the air and the sun was playing hide
and seek with the clouds, a sharp lightening struck the land. A sudden sense of
fear crept throughout the air. Slowly the clouds swallowed the sun and had
turned black. The living forms were afraid that it is the end of their lives. Their
fear was soon confirmed by a loud thunder that was followed by a violent down
pour. The creatures who never knew RAIN started running for their lives. But
the rain never seemed to give a break and the world seemed to end.
The tree which was
the tallest of all halted and thought for a second. It then stretched its hands
wide apart and called all the living beings to stand under it. The creatures
had all taken shelter under the tree and had survived from the rain. The rain
stopped after two days and by then the tree was completely drenched in water.
But it was happy that it saved the lives of all its friends.
All the beings but
man were thankful for the selfless act of the tree. Man on the other hand had
different thoughts. He was thinking of his future and was afraid that the tree
would not help him every time it rained. So he quietly approached it and
stabbed it in the back. The tree fell down, struck a stone and died. Man
cruelly cut her arms and made a house out of its wood. All the animals were dumb
found on seeing the cruel nature of man. The remaining trees had raised their hands,
stretched them wide apart and lived their entire lives in the same posture. The
animals bent their heads low unwilling to see the cruel face of man and started
walking on four legs. The birds for the first time used their wings and flew
high into the sky away from man and the fish jumped deep into the sea afraid of
staying with man. Man then declared himself the most developed race of the
world and had laid his reign on all the living forms.
Even today trees
don’t talk or walk while the animals only walk. The birds live only on the
trees and the fish never live out of water. But, man has still not stopped
axing trees, hunting animals, shooting birds and catching fish because he is still
the most developed race of the world and works for the well being of the entire
world.
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