You are made to fly high

A long time ago; someone gifted two eaglets (baby eagles) to a King. The breed of eaglets was very good and the King had never seen such magnificent eaglets before. The king was very pleased with the gift & decided to hire an experienced caretaker for them.

After some time King saw that both of them were quite big and now they are looking fantastic than earlier. The King said to the man taking care of the eagles, “I want to see their flight. You signal them to fly in the sky. The man did the same. Both eagles started fluttering as soon as they saw the signal. But where one eagle was touching the heights of the sky, the other flew for some seconds and returned to the branch where it was earlier sitting. The same branch from where he started flying.

After seeing this, the king felt something strange.  He became curious to know the reason for the contrasting behavior of eagles. King asked the caretaker, “What’s the matter where an eagle is flying so well, the other one is not trying to fly?” The caretaker replied, “Yes, this is the problem from the beginning with this eagle, he does not leave this branch.”

Both the eagles were adorable to King, and he desperately wanted to see the second eagle too flying high in the sky. The next day he announced in the whole state that the person who will manage to fly higher this eagle will be rewarded with heavy prizes.

After the announcement, many intellectual and knowledgeable persons came and tried to apply the knowledge they had to make the eagle fly high. But no one was successful. Even after the passage of a couple of weeks, there was no improvement in the eagle. He used to fly a little bit and put it back and sit down. The king too lost hope and almost gave up.

Then one day something strange happened, the king saw that both of them were flying high in the sky. He did not believe in his eyes and immediately called the caretaker. The caretaker informed the King, ” Yes, the second eagle is also flying high in the sky. One man has been successful in making the second eagle fly high.”

The King asked the caretaker to bring the person who had done this feat. The next day, he was then brought before the king where the king was eagerly waiting with the promised prize. The king came to know during interactions that the man was a simple farmer.

He said, ” I simply cut the branch. The branch on which he had a habit of sitting.

After offering the gold currencies in his reward, the king said, “I am very pleased with you; just tell me how did you do this which the great scholars and highly qualified people could not do.” The farmer said ” Your highness, I am a simple farmer, I don’t have knowledge like scholars, I just simply cut down the branch, on which the eagle had a habit of sitting. As there was no branch, he had no option but to fly. And which he did very well.”

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