This is a story of a little sparrow. A naive, crazy and stupid sparrow. But she was strong mentally. She still lives by the river with her parents and her brother, whom she loves most in this world. Apart from her family she has two loving friends too who cares for her so much. They tries to warn her every time before she gets into any trouble, but she is so stubborn and she tends to learn by facing it herself. One is the wise tortoise, who lives at the end of the river. And the other is the dolphin, whom she never met but still they are best friends. He lives far away in the sea from where they can only hear each other’s voice.
The story started when the sparrow fell in love with a human. The tortoise and dolphin tried to warn her about the man but she never realised that they never can be together and the man will go away one day.
Slowly the sparrow and the man became very close friends and she found herself in love with the man. She loved how he told her about the world and how the world can change into heaven. He showed her so many dreams which she never dreamt before. She loved the man so much that she forgot they don't belong to the same world. The man told her once that he likes a cat and a butterfly too. Knowing everything she still loved the man and she felt the man needs her so much. Then one day the cat he liked went away with another man. He made his mind and said to the sparrow that how much he loves her and he started telling her how their future will be. The sparrow trusted him and started seeing those dreams he was showing her. She felt so loved. She started planning her future with him too which she never did before. She was never into making plans for life. She always accepted life and waited for it as it came to her. She was so much in love that she even ignored her family and spent all her time and emotion on him. They seemed so much in love together. At least she thought so.
On her birthday the man sang songs for her and they kept talking all day and night. She forgot about everyone else out there in her life. She took out her heart that day and gifted him. She thought he is going to be hers forever.
Then the day came finally. The man walked away with the butterfly. The sparrow understood the man was just waiting for the butterfly to leave her lover-butterfly and go with him.
The sparrow was all down with broken heart, broken trust, struggling to survive the grief. Even her best friends couldn't make her feel good enough though they tired their best. The wise tortoise asked her to help him with his work so that she would get too busy to think about heartbreak. The dolphin said the man didn't deserve her love at all and he assured her that he would be there for her till his demise. Soon she decided that she needs to move on in life. She started spending more time with her family and friends. She played with her brother again. They were so much happy to get her back. But She was still not happy as the man still was there in her life and heart. Inside of her mind she was changing a bit. It seemed she never could love or trust anyone else again ever. The horrible thing was to stop the fountain of love inside of her, which was once unwrapped by the man. It was pouring the man all over all the while. It was almost like stopping the ocean.
Then one day she, very frustrated and angry with everything happened to her, decided to explore the world and return the world same thing she got. She started looking around here and there. Suddenly she saw a wild bird flying around and flying high with some similar thoughts and craziness yet so different from her. The sparrow was always scared of height so she never dared to fly high. But she felt she should talk to him. She did.
Everyday she kept talking to him, sharing her views, ideas, and thoughts. They turn close friends in a while. He said those things which she already knew, which was just echo of her own words. He listened to her patiently whenever she seemed vulnerable and said "speak out everything you want... it helps to reduce the pain". He helped her to look at the love in different way. "Love means freedom"... "Love doesn't expect anything, love is unconditional"... "love everything around you... never restrict yourself"... "Love yourself first, fall in love with your own self"... "Love is never true, neither false. Love is love."
But she was never good at playing with others' heart. Slowly she found herself trusting on him. She found herself happy again. She learned more about life from that wild bird. She found herself waiting for him everyday. She thought he is someone special but how could she like him? How could she feel this way again? She felt confused and angry at the same time. It must be something she is mistaking with some infatuation or crush. But still how could it happen? Then she remembered everything she learned about love from him. She realised she is fine now and ready to fall in love again.
She didn't feel loved this time but she felt the freedom. She regained her self-esteem, self-respect. The wild bird never tried to play with her which he could do easily like other male. That made her respect this bird more. This bird taught her how to give everyone the share of the fountain of love she had. He got his share too. And this time sparrow didn't expect anything in return. She was proud of herself.
By the time she realised she could fall again it was time for the wild bird to go. He couldn't be there with her forever as it was against his nature. Sparrow understood its time to let him go. Too much of word made the wild bird restless and bored. He wanted his freedom back and the silence.
She was sad, and confused. And the wild bird was gone. She kept asking what was wrong but the bird didn't have any answer to that. She would have cried over it but as she was changing inside she was already matured and wiser than ever before. She handled the situation herself and accepted it. She never wanted the wild bird to tie with her.
Still now she sees him flying around or flying high sometime and she is happy with that. Coz she is no more a stupid sparrow. She has grown two strong wings like the wild bird too. And the most wonderful part is she didn't lose anyone. Everyone is at their own place where they should be.
She is happy now with her family, two best friends and a little bit of love.
She too flies high now.
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