MOTHERS' DAY
(SECOND SUNDAY IN MAY)
THE LARK AND ITS YOUNG ONES
A HINDU FABLE
BY P. V. RAMASWAMI RAJU (ADAPTED)
A child went up to a lark and said: ``Good lark,
have you any young ones?''
``Yes, child, I have,'' said the mother lark, ``and
they are very pretty ones, indeed.'' Then she
pointed to the little birds and said: ``This is Fair
Wing, that is Tiny Bill, and that other is Bright
Eyes.''
``At home, we are three,'' said the child,
``myself and two sisters. Mother says that we are
pretty children, and she loves us.''
To this the little larks replied: ``Oh, yes, OUR
mother is fond of us, too.''
``Good mother lark,'' said the child, ``will you
let Tiny Bill go home with me and play?''
Before the mother lark could reply, Bright
Eyes said: ``Yes, if you will send your little sister
to play with us in our nest.''
``Oh, she will be so sorry to leave home,''
said the child; ``she could not come away from
our mother.''
``Tiny Bill will be so sorry to leave our nest,''
answered Bright Eyes, ``and he will not go away
from OUR mother.''
Then the child ran away to her mother, saying:
``Ah, every one is fond of home!''
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