Easter Eggs
There are one hundred eggs of multi-colors in a basket. These eggs are not for sale. They are not toys made of plastic, rubber, wood, marble or metal. These eggs are not kept for games. And they are not used for probability problem whichever of the colored-eggs is chosen for drawing. They are just called "Easter Eggs."
Easter eggs are used for commemorating Christ's Resurrection in almost everywhere in the world. Easter is celebrated each year.
One story about Easter eggs took place in a zoo-forest...
Many birds of different kinds are everywhere and it is hard to believe that one lady owns all kinds of birds in a place called "Birdland."
Birdland is one special place in the East where all birds come together for a feast. People have seen condors, eagles, falcons, shoebills, a cassowary, emus, ostrich, hen, peacock, kiwis, quails, doves, pigeons, owls, ducks, dodos (originally from Mauritius and Madagascar) of Samoa, cardinals and the like and all of them have distinct ways of survival in every habitat under different weather conditions, climate and seasons.
A lady is a rich girl who dreamed of owning the biggest collection of birds in the world. She is the lone daughter of a noble couple who once owned a cargo company and thousands of hectares of land in the region where the famous Birdland can be found. The lady is sometimes called "Ladybird" for feeding thousands of different birds. The surprising part is her style of breeding birds. She never kept any single bird in a cage. She only keeps them is a open field shaded with various trees around as if all birds are living in free wild life or a "zoo-forest."
The zoo-forest is enclosed with high interlaced-barbed wires. Beyond the line of barbed wires surrounding the zoo-forest are roving donkeys, guarding the said zoo-forest. Donkeys are reliable guards for humans, protecting their haven. These donkeys are owned by the ladybird as well.
One day, one small bird landed on Birdland. The ladybird noticed it immediately. She fed it and kept it like it's one of hers. The small bird was thankful for finding a new home. After a few weeks, the small bird disappeared.
One rainy afternoon, an old lady appeared to the ladybird, asking if she can stay there for a while. The weather was bad and all birds went to the forest for safety. The ladybird can hardly believe how the old lady entered the zoo-forest without going through the donkeys, and hearing no strange sounds or commotion. And overpassing the high barbed wires is the most surprising of all because all gates of the fence are locked. She didn't allow the old lady to stay there and instead drove her away out of the zoo-forest. The old lady before leaving voluntarily, asked for a single egg to eat from the hundreds of eggs that the old lady can see on the many tables of ladybird fronting her. But the old lady was bitten by some trained-wildbirds of the ladybird while leaving the zoo-forest.
The old lady is now outside the zoo-forest, out in the cold under the windy, rainy condition -- limping.
The donkeys guarding the enclosed barbed-fence of the zoo-forest are nowhere to be found. All donkeys are trained too by the ladybird, but not one donkey was there to spurn the old lady that day.
The old lady did not come back to the zoo-forest anymore and was never seen again by the ladybird.
The following day, each pair of birds of the ladybird started leaving the zoo-forest. And everyday, new pairs of each kind disappear. For several weeks it kept on going and lasted for many months. The worse part, the zoo-forest is being destroyed by bad weathers.
Before reaching the seventh month from the very first and last time the old lady was met by the ladybird, a great flood washed everything away inside the said zoo-forest. Luckily, the ladybird was able to reach the high mountain very close to the zoo-forest and survived the flash floods. For seven days, the ladybird stayed in the said mountain -- eating bananas and anything from the fruit-bearing trees around her. And there, sleeping in the cold, unsheltered and slippery ground.
The following week, a small bird appeared before the ladybird. She trembled and recalled the very same small bird that she once admitted and fed in the beautiful zoo-forest. The small bird stayed with the ladybird in the mountain in the succeeding weeks. On the fourth week, the grounds of the zoo-forest started to bloom with new flowers and plants of different vegetables.
Standing from the top of the mountain, the ladybird was in despair for losing her glorified zoo-forest. The only thing she has is the small bird with her as a companion. After three more weeks, stalks are sprouting on the other side of the flowers and vegetables. The ladybird saw them, reminiscing the very enchanting forest that for a long time, many birds used as their sanctuary from bad weathers.
One night, while the ladybird was sleeping, the small bird vanished. The ladybird was disappointed the next day for losing her one and only companion. She cried and felt sorry about the old lady. She recalled everything she did to the old lady.
Three more weeks passed and birds are coming in... each pair of different colorful birds are coming back to the ladybird. And the ladybird was exhilarated. Every single bird, big and small, flying and flightless that she once owned, has come back.
Every time an egg is laid, she colors it and gives it to the needy. For one whole week, she painted seven hundred eggs -- eggs from the hen, quails, ostrich, pigeons and all other birds. All the eggs that the ladybird can collect, she colored them first then distribute them to the hungry people in need.
Giving is not only done once a year or during Easter time. If you can do it everyday without hesitation, just do it.
Easter eggs are just eggs, but one egg can mean a lot to somebody in need.
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