Tuesday, February 17, 2009

I would like to share a story. It's kinda long, so PLEASE do be patient.


Once upon a time, a Mother Eagle Bird gave birth (via eggs) to 4 Male birds on the same day, and thus their nascent brotherhood bonds were formed. In the years of infancy till adolescence, the 4 birds were carefree, unhampered by any care or worry, and basically enjoyed each other's company very much. They gathered frequently, and flew across different places, embarked on many adventures and misadventures, and truly relished their time together.

However, the good old innocent days soon came to an halt, and stark reality set in. In order to survive as an adult bird, it's either fight or get beaten, and there can only be one ultimate winner/champion.

Bird Alpha grew up to be a fat pompous fellow, who tended to assume he had the looks and the quality to be the top bird around. Despite his weight, he was relatively strong and brawny.
Bird Bravo grew up to be a flamboyant maverick, wild punk, but was actually sensitive and had a brilliant mind within. He similiarly felt that he was the best of the 4 brother birds as well.
Bird Charlie grew up to be a ignorant, happy-go-lucky brat, who preferred to indulge in everything other than hunting. However, he did possess a good ability to hunt, and had the attributes to do so.
Bird Delta grew up to be a nerdy fellow who had little knowledge of the world around him, and is more affectionately referred to as "the innocent cockhead". Viewed as the weaker bird around, he appeared to pose the least threat.

As they ventured together for a random hunting trip one fine day in summertime, they stumbled across a beautiful female rabbit, with succulent flesh wrapped around her delicate bones. What a sight, and what a awesome meal she would turn out to be. As they eyed her trotting across the luscious fields, the manner of her movement exuded sheer elegance and charm. Her fur was as white as snow, and she was seemingly flawless. And most importantly, they wanted to capture her as their first ever prey, their unprecedented trophy/prize, and hence to prove himself as THE best bird in town. Time to draw first blood.

All the birds were eager to land the meal for himself, albeit Charlie's lesser concern and enthusiasm. In order to attain their objective, the scheming began, and the bonds of brotherhood were soon forgotten and thrown out the window. The rabbit, sensing the peril she was in, decided to flee, while the birds began to give chase.

Sensing the arrogance of Bird Alpha, Bird Bravo and Delta decided it was of their best interests that Alpha gets eliminated first. Not that they believe Alpha would be a threatening player in the chase, but instead they were simply disgusted by his antics. As such, they managed to lead Alpha onto the wrong route in the pursuit of the rabbit, and left Alpha there alone, lost in the middle of nowhere (Also known as Pang Seh Tactic). Having no qualms of forsaking Alpha and kicking him out of the race, the other 3 birds continued their dogged pursuit of the rabbit.

Soon after, Bird Charlie came across several of his Bird School classmates, and subsequently went off to join them in their games and activities. Charlie's ignorance and departure worked to the advantage of Bravo and Delta, and as such only 2 of them were left to slog it out.

As they continued seeking and pursuing and chasing the rabbit, nerdy Delta contrived a heinous plan. Delta knew he was disadvantaged and could not fight it out with Bravo directly, since Bravo was the better bird and well ahead of Delta in the pursuit. Midway into the chase, Delta feigned his usual innocence and stupidity, lied about sighting the rabbit, and led Bravo along the wrong route, just like what Alpha had encountered. Of course Bravo believed him, since Bravo viewed Delta as the stupid underdog and thought that dumbo Delta would be naive enough to spill the truth. As Bravo went ahead in the false route, Delta speedily flew off away from Bravo.

As Delta went off on his own along the correct route, he finally found the rabbit. However, he did not capture and kill the rabbit on the spot, as his grandiose plan was not yet accomplished. He conned the rabbit into following him, saying that he did not actually eat meat but prefer to eat tofu, and that he wanted to protect the female rabbit from the "big bad evil carnivorous Bravo eagle". The rabbit, thinking that Delta was actually sincere ,decided to follow Delta off to another place. Delta knew Bravo would rush back to hunt both him and the rabbit down.

Bravo soon realised his mistake, and comprehended the evil intentions of Delta. Brimming with rage and boiling anger, he sped off at full speed in search of both Delta and the rabbit, swearing profanities along the entire way.

After several hours of futile searches, Bravo decided to take a break. He found a dark cave on a cliff near their usual eating grounds, and decided to seek shelter over there.

Once he entered, he overheard some cackles within the dark corners of the cave. Curious, Bravo inched deeper into the carvern, and witnessed something that shocked and angered him to the hilt.

The rabbit was lying beside Delta, both were smiling at Bravo. Delta smirking because of his grand victory over his brother Bravo. The rabbit grinning because she thought she was safe from the malicious clutches of Bravo bird. How gullible.

Before Bravo could move a single muscle fibre in his body, Delta dug his beak into the throat of the rabbit , and in the blink of an eye, blood began gushing out of the rabbit's open neck. Delta begain devouring his ultimate prize, as Bravo looked on, rooted to the spot. Gobsmacked. Gutted. Astonished at his shameful defeat to the underdog. Stunned that his initial pole position in the pursuit of the rabbit had been overturned by Delta, OF ALL BIRDS!

Instead of fighting back and venting his anguish, Bravo turned around, flapped open his wings, and soared off the cliff.

Gliding through the warm air of summer, he went in search, of the next prize. At that moment, his anger had already dissipated. It was soon replaced with regret and pain, and also shame.

He had lost. The bitter taste of his own medicine soon lingered in his mind. Now he understood how brother Alpha must have felt.


The End.

ps. i didnt copy this from anywhere..lolx

2 comments:

tch316 said...

Let me add a conclusion for the story...

Nerdy bird died in the end because the rabbit ate carrots with DDT and other crappy pesticides and insecticides which is now transferred to the bird in the end.

Moral of the story : Protect the environment and save the birds.

Tin said...

hahaha~..BIRDS are very important to us