The Birds and the Homeland

The Birds and the Homeland

There were two small, thin birds living in a

spot of the land of Hijaz that was low in water and verry hot, and one day, while they were chatting and complaining to each other about the difficult circumstances of life, they were given a high wind coming from Yemen. When the breeze saw the two beautiful birds standing on a simple branch of a single tree in the area, the breeze was amazed at them and said: 'You two beautiful birds, you are wondering, how can you accept that good and this tenderness to live in a desolate land like this? If you want, I can carry you with me and take you to Yemen from where I just came from, there you will find fresh, cold water that tastes better than honey, and you will eat grains that are almost sweet to be sugar, and if you take my advice, I promise you we will be there in a very short time, what do you say?' The smartest bird between the two answers with acumen and a start: 'O breeze of the wind, you travel every day from place to place, and you move from land to land, so you don't know what it means to have a home to love, so go.