An aged tribal leader was facing a rebellion. Youthful warriors wanted to take over and embarrass the leadership. They decided to hold a bird before the leader and ask him to say whether it was alive or dead.
If he answered “alive” they would squeeze the bid’s neck and show how wrong he was. If the leader said it was dead they would release the bird to the air and prove he erred.
The group came before the leader holding the helpless bird and asked the chief, “Is the bird alive or dead?”
He wisely answered, ”The choice is in your hands.”
Stories are told to express morals. Some lessons are clear and universal while others are specific. This tale is one of the latter. So, the question comes to the heart to the reader: What does this mean?
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