Sunday, March 11, 2012

Why Walk When You Can Fly


Once there was a king who received a gift of two magnificent 
falcons from Arabia. They were peregrine falcons, the most 
beautiful birds he had ever seen. He gave the precious birds 
to his head falconer to be trained.
 
Months passed and one day the head falconer informed the 
king that though one of the falcons was flying majestically, 
the other bird had not moved from its branch since the day 
it had arrived.
 
The king summoned healers and sorcerers from all the land to 
tend to the falcon, but no one could make the bird fly. He 
presented the task to the member of his court, but the next 
day, the king saw through the palace window that the bird 
had still not moved from its perch. Having tried everything 
else, the king thought, "Maybe I need someone more 
familiar with the countryside to understand the nature of 
this problem." So he told his court, "Go and get a farmer."
 
In the morning, the king was thrilled to see the falcon 
soaring high above the palace gardens. He said to his 
court, "Bring me the doer of this miracle."
 
The court quickly located the farmer, who came and stood 
before the king. The king asked him, "How did you make 
the falcon fly?"
 
With his head bowed, the farmer said to the king, "It was 
very easy, your highness. I simply cut the branch where 
the bird was sitting."

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