Long time ago, there lived a pair
of Lapwing birds near a sea shore.
Once, the female Lapwing was set
to hatch eggs. So she asked the male Lapwing to search for a quite and safe
place where she could lay eggs and incubate them safely.
But the male Lapwing liked the
place where they lived very much. He didn't want to relocate to another place
and asked his wife, “Dear, we have been living here for quite sometime now.
what is wrong with this place?”
The female Lapwing said, “Indeed,
we have been living here for months now. So you should remember that every
month during the phase of high tide the place gets flooded.”
But the male Lapwing was enraged
by what his wife said. He shrugged his neck angrily and said, “I am not so weak
that a tide will sweep me away”.
The female Lapwing was humble and
wise. She tried to calm her husband and make him understand the danger of
facing the force of ocean waves. But the male Lapwing was adamant was refused
to move to another place. The female Lapwing was sad and told her husband, “You
will pay for being so high headed”.
The might ocean heard what the two
birds spoke between themselves.
After some day, the female Lapwing
hatched eggs on the shore. The new parents were very happy and started
protecting their eggs.
When the ocean saw the birds with
their eggs, he decided to teach the male Lapwing a lesson.
Soon giant waves
came and washed the far shore. The eggs were swept away.
When the female Lapwing saw this,
she wept and cried to her husband, “Our eggs have been swept away by waves”.
The male Lapwing
replied, “Do not worry. I shall get them back.” Then he called an assembly of
birds and told them about their eggs.
The assembly went to Garuda, the
king of birds. The male Lapwing said, “O King!
I have come to you for justice. My eggs have been swept by the ocean. We
have lived on the shore peacefully for months and never did any harm to the
ocean. But last night while we were sleeping, he swept away our eggs. We are
helpless and wrecked by loss of our eggs. Kindly, grant us justice.”
Hearing the plea, Garuda went to
Lord Vishnu and told him about the incident. The Lord approached the ocean and
asked him to return eggs of the Lapwing birds.
Seeing Lord Vishnu, the ocean was
petrified. He apologized to Him for wrongdoing and returned the eggs of Lapwing
birds.
Thus, the male Lapwing bird lost
his eggs due to arrogance and got them back with his self confidence.
Moral: Arrogance leads to
destruction whereas self confidence is the key to success.
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