Englishstory12.blogspot.com - A nightingale, who had laid her eggs late in the season, was still hidden in the
corn when it was almost ripe. She
began to worry that the crop might be harvested
before her young ones were able
to fly away.
Whenever
she left the nest, she always
urged her chicks to keep their ears
open and, upon her return, tell her every word that they
had heard.
One
evening, when she came back to the
nest, she found her chicks in terror.
The youngest spoke up: “The owner
of the field told his sons to go and
get their friends to come tomorrow to help with the
harvesting of our field”
"Is that all,” smiled the nightingale “Don't be alarmed, my dears, because
nothing will happen, you will see.”
And
she was right. The next morning
none of the friends turn up.
The farmer sent them a second message,
asking them to come and help the next day, and once
again the nightingale was not worried in the slightest... until the day she finally
heard the farmer said to his sons: “I’ve had
enough. Tomorrow we shall bring in the harvest ourselves. When there is work
to be done, we cannot count on
our friends to do it for us.”
It was only then, that the
nightingale took her chicks, and flew
swiftly away without further delay.
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