The Dove and The Crow
Aesop | Greece
A proud dove boasts about her chicks in a cage, but is confronted by a crow who suggests freedom might be better.
In a small village, there was a dove living in a cage. She had many chicks and felt very proud of them. She often talked about her chicks with great joy.
One day, a crow flying nearby heard the dove talking about her chicks. Curious, he landed on the cage to listen more closely. The dove was happily chatting, boasting about how many chicks she had.
The crow looked at the chicks in the cage and then at the open sky. He said to the dove, "It’s wonderful that you have many chicks, but they are all inside this cage. Having a big family is great, but wouldn’t it be better if they could fly free in the sky?"
The dove looked at the crow, then at her chicks, and finally at the sky. She stopped talking and thought deeply about the crow’s words.
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