A Little Bird's Story

My father told me this story many years ago. Where he heard it, I don’t know.


A little bird decided not to fly south for the winter with his other little bird friends. He wanted to see the snowfall that he had heard so much about.
He huddled in his nest as it grew colder and colder. Finally, when he could stand it no longer, it started to snow.
Big, beautiful flakes of crystalline snow. The little bird had finally seen snow, but it was just too cold, he decided it was time to leave.
He started flying south as fast as he could, but the snow and the cold proved to be too much for him. He finally had to land. He spotted a cow pasture and dropped exhausted to the ground. Sitting on top of all that snow was freezing his poor little feet off. The wind was howling and the snow was falling even faster. The little bird was cold and alone and as miserable as he could be. Not knowing what else to do, he started chirping. He chirped and he chirped. He chirped louder and louder.
A nearby cow heard the little bird and came over to see what all the fuss was about. Seeing the little bird was slowly freezing to death, the cow took pity on him, backed up to him and took a great big dump.
Well, the little bird was now covered in cow dung up to his nose. It was kind of smelly, but it was keeping him warm. As the little bird thawed out, it occurred to him that he hadn’t eaten in several days. He didn’t know what else to do, so he started to chirp again. He chirped and he chirped. He chirped louder and louder.
Finally, he attracted the attention of a wolf. The wolf came over to see what all the fuss was about. Seeing the little bird in all that cow dung momentarily discouraged the wolf. But, the wolf hadn’t eaten in several days and his belly was growling at the site of the little bird sticking out of the cow dung. He pulled the little bird out of the cow dung, brushed him off, popped him into his mouth and swallowed him whole.

Now there are several lessons to be learned here.
Lesson number 1) Someone who craps on you is not necessarily trying to do you harm.
Lesson number 2) Someone who pulls you out of the crap is not necessarily trying to help you.

Now, the last and most important lesson here is this:
When you’re up to your nose in crap, KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT!