A boy found an eagle's egg and he put it in the nest of a prairie chicken. The eagle hatched and thought he was a chicken. He grew up doing what prairie chicken do-scratching at the dirt for food and flying short distances with a noisy fluttering of wings. It was a dreary life. Gradually the eagle grew older and bitter. One day he and his prairie chicken friend saw a beautiful bird soaring on the currents of 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 mighty 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. He died thinking he was a prairie chicken. My friends, you too were born an eagle. The Creator intended you to be an eagle, so don’t listen to the prairie chickens!
一個小男孩發(fā)現(xiàn)了一只老鷹下的蛋,把它放進了一只山雞的窩里。鷹被孵出來了,但他以為自己是一只山雞。漸漸的他長大了,卻做著山雞所做的事---從泥土里尋找食物,做短距離的飛翔,翅膀還啪啪作響。生活非常沉悶,漸漸地鷹長大了,也越來越苦惱。有一天,他和他的山雞朋友看見一只美麗的鳥在天空翱翔,飛的比山還高。
“哦,我要能飛的那么高該多好?。?/span>”鷹說。山雞回答說,“不要想了,那是兇猛無比的鷹,鳥中之王---你不可能像他一樣!”于是鷹放棄了那個念頭。他繼續(xù)咯咯地叫,不停的抱怨生活。最后他死了,依然認為自己是一只山雞。朋友們,你們天生就是雄鷹。造物主有意把你造就成一只雄鷹,所以不要聽信山雞的話!