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MOTHERS' DAY (SECOND SUNDAY IN MAY) THE LARK AND ITS YOUNG ONES A HINDU FABLE BY P. V. RAMASWAMI RAJU (ADAPTED) A child went up to a lark and said: ``Good lark, have you any young ones?'' ``Yes, child, I have,'' said the mother lark, ``and they are very pretty ones, indeed.'' Then she pointed to the little birds and said: ``This is Fair Wing, that is Tiny Bill, and that other is Bright Eyes.'' ``At home, we are three,'' said the child, ``myself and two sisters. Mother says that we are pretty children, and she loves us.'' To this the little larks replied: ``Oh, yes, OUR mother is fond of us, too.'' ``Good mother lark,'' said the child, ``will you let Tiny Bill go home with me and play?'' Before the mother lark could reply, Bright Eyes said: ``Yes, if you will send your little sister to play with us in our nest.'' ``Oh, she will be so sorry to leave home,'' said the child; ``she could not come away from our mother.'' ``Tiny Bill will be so sorry to leave our nest,'' answered Bright Eyes, ``and he will not go away from OUR mother.'' Then the child ran away to her mother, saying: ``Ah, every one is fond of home!''Prev Next All
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