The Elderly Man and the Raven
the elderly man and the raven where not the best of friends. the raven teased the old man
about his upcoming death. You will die soon the raven would say. And for a life in which
you did nothing at all.
the old man did not reply instead he would simply sigh and carry on with the mocking
raven at his side
but this was not enough for the raven for in return for all his cruelty the old man
was very kind. And the raven simply could not understand.
then one night the old man woke with a fright. he thought of the raven and went
outside. And there all battered and bruised was the raven with little life left for it to
choose . With a little patch work the raven lived and lived to be a hundred the man lived to be very old they shared a toast on there last days at one point the raven stopped and asked curiously why?to which he simply smiled and replied because in all of us there is good inside.the raven smiled to then they closed there eyes and went to heaven together
Copyright © Tifarrah Miller | Year Posted 2009
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