Once upon a time,a lonely hawk lived on a tree by d riverside.He was young & handsome but he had no friends. 1 day,he saw a beautiful she-hawk sitting on a tree & wanted to marry her but d she-hawk refused to marry him,as he had no friends. “Will u marry me if I make 3 friends?” – he asked.She said dat she definitely would. D hawk then went looking for friends.While flying on d other bank of d river,he saw a huge tortoise.D hawk flew down to him & said,“Dear tortoise,will u b my friend & help me in my hour of need?”D tortoise agreed to bcome his friend & said,“Call me whenever u need me & I shall come to ur side.” D hawk also promised him his help at any time & then flew in search of d 2nd friend. Soon,he came upon an osprey.D hawk went to it & asked her if she wld b his friend & help him in time of his need.D osprey very gladly accepted his friendship & offered her help whenever he needed it. D hawk was glad dat he had made 2 friends. He went on searching for a 3rd friend.He flew over d jungle & saw a tiger.Fearless as he was,he went near d tiger & requested him to b his friend.D tiger readily accepted his friendship & said,“Frm now onwards,I am ur friend.Nobody will harm u.If any1 tries to harm u,call me & I will b there to help u.” D hawk was very happy.He thanked d tiger,flew back to d she-hawk & said,“I hav made 3 friends,a tortoise,an osprey & a tiger.Will u marry me now?” D she-hawk agreed to marry him.Soon,their marriage took place.D 3 friends attended d hawk’s marriage. After some-months,d she-hawk gave birth to 2 baby hawks.D parent hawks were very happy to hav cute little babies.Dey lived happily in their nest. 1 day,2 hunters came & sat under dat tree.Dey were tired & hungry.Dey had not been able to hunt any animal.Dey decided to catch some fish.But,dey couldn’t catch even a single fish. It was getting dark & d hunters decided to spend d night under dat tree.To keep themselves warm,dey lit a fire.D fire soared high.D hawk-babies on d tree cld not bear d heat & d smoke coming out of d fire.Dey started crying.D Hunters heard their cries.1 of them said,”There r birds on dis tree.Let us catch them.We shall roast them on d fire & eat them.” D other 1 agreed. D hawks heard them & were really worried about d safety of their babies.D she-hawk suggested dat dey seek help frm their friends.D hawk went to d osprey & told her his problem.D osprey said,“Go home & protect ur babies.I shall tackle wit d hunters.” D osprey dived into d river & then flew over d fire.D water frm her wet feathers fell on d fire.She repeatedly dived into d river & flew over d fire.D water frm her feathers put off d fire. D hunters decided to light d fire again;however,as soon as dey lit d fire,again d osprey put it off. In d meantime,d hawk went to get help frm d tortoise.When d tortoise heard abt d hawk’s problem,he said to him,“Do not worry dear friend,I will b there in no time & tackle d hunters in my own way.Go & protect ur family.” D hawk flew to d tree & d tortoise reached d tree.He went quite close to where d hunters were sitting & trying to light d fire again.D hunters saw d tortoise & 1 of them said, “Look there is a huge tortoise.Let’s 4get about d hawks & catch this tortoise.” D other hunter agreed & said,“Let’s tear our shirts & make a rope.We shall tie its 1 end to d tortoise & other to our waists.Then we will pull d tortoise with all our strength.”D other hunter liked d idea.Soon,dey make a rope out of their shirts.Dey tied 1 end of d rope to d tortoise’s legs.Then,trying d other end to their waist,dey cld not pull d tortoise.D tortoise’s strength was much greater than d 2 hunters were together. D tortoise pulled d 2 men into d water.Once,inside d water,it was very easy for d tortoise to drag them.With great efforts,dey cut d rope dat was tied to their waist & swam back to d bank.Dey were now feeling very cold.Dey had lost their shirts.Dey thought of making a fire again. Seeing them collecting leaves & twigs,d hawk was worried again.He flew to d forest & called his 3rd friend,d tiger.He found d tiger at d edge of d forest.When d tiger heard d hawk’s problem,he immediately rushed towards d riverbank. D hunters had now lighted d fire & 1 of them was preparing to climb d tree to get d hawk babies.Just then,d tiger reached d tree.Seeing d tiger,d hunters ran frm there & never came back again. D hawk thanked all his 3 friends for their kind & timely help.He also realized dat it is very important to hav at least a few friends.D female-hawk was very wise in advising d hawk to make friends b4 marrying him...1 CAN ONLY IMAGIN WAT WLD HAV BN D FATE OF D HAWK & HIS FAMILY,HAD HE NO FRIENDS,NO 1 TO RUN TO...NEVER MAKE URSELF AN ISLAND BCOS U R NT IN A NO MANS LAND.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 20:47:10 +0000
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