When you work together you are stronger

Posted on 29 Jan 2020 @ 12:19pm by Commander Allyndra illm Warraquim

427 words; about a 2 minute read

"Computer open personal log"

[Personal log is open]

"We are on our way to destroy a colony if what I suspect is the outcome, the Tholians or lives of others be damned. It reminds me of a tale I once heard on Earth that goes like this:

Once upon a time, there was a flock of doves that flew in search of food led by their king. One day, they had flown a long distance and were very tired. The dove king encouraged them to fly a little further. The smallest dove picked up speed and found some rice scattered beneath a banyan tree. So all the doves landed and began to eat.

Suddenly a net fell over them and they were all trapped. They saw a hunter approaching carrying a huge club. The doves desperately fluttered their wings trying to get out, but to no avail. The king had an idea. He advised all the doves to fly up together carrying the net with them. He said that there was strength in unity.

Each dove picked up a portion of the net and together they flew off carrying the net with them. The hunter looked up in astonishment. He tried to follow them, but they were flying high over hills and valleys. They flew to a hill near a city of temples where there lived a mouse who could help them. He was a faithful friend of the dove king.

When the mouse heard the loud noise of their approach, he went into hiding. The dove king gently called out to him and then the mouse was happy to see him. The dove king explained that they had been caught in a trap and needed the mouse’s help to gnaw at the net with his teeth and set them free.

The mouse agreed saying that he would set the king free first. The king insisted that he first free his subjects and the king last. The mouse understood the king’s feelings and complied with his wishes. He began to cut the net and one by one all the doves were freed including the dove king.

They all thanked the mouse and flew away together, united in their strength.

The story means that when you work together you are stronger and that the friendship forged with the mouse meant their escape. I still cannot help but wonder if somehow we could forge some sort of friendship with the Tholians and together we are stronger together to handle the crises.

Computer close log."

{Log is closed]

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