Relying on Others

 Written by: Nasratullah Samim

Once upon a time, few pigeons were living in a desert. Black, gray, and brown 

Pigeons were sisters and brothers. The gray was an idle bird and she was not used to going and finding food for her and her mother was always feeding her.

One day their mother went to the other desert for some days and before leaving her house, she appointed the brown pigeon to feed his sister otherwise she might die of hunger.

The brown pigeon wanted the gray to go with him for finding food but the gray said that before her mother was bringing food for her and now she wants to play and the brown and black should bring him food. The brown pigeon did not listen to her and she was forced to go with him. When they flew toward a field and after eating some grains, they came back home.

The gray said to the brown that today she got very tired and wanted the brown that she would never go out of her home for finding food but the brown pigeon said that afterward, no one would bring him grains.

The gray pigeon became angry and went out. She saw her friend, the black pigeon, and complained to her about her brother, brown pigeon. 

 Black pigeon said that she is also bored with brown pigeon because he prevents my brother from bringing grains for her and he always tells me to go and find grains for myself. They decided to find a solution to this issue.

 The black pigeon took some grain and wanted the gray to follow her. They flew and reached a ruined house and landed there in the yard of that house and scattered the grain on the ground. She said to the gray that there are some cats inside the room of the house. Black pigeon sent the gray to take her brother, brown to the house.

When the gray pigeon went back home, the brown pigeon became happy to see his sister back at home. A few minutes later, the gray suggested brown to go with her for finding grains. The brown pigeon became very happy to go with his sister.

When they reached that house, the gray said that the black pigeon is sitting alone on the roof of the ruined house and she suggested brown to land and took the black too.

When they landed, the gray wanted the black to go with them for collecting grains. The black pigeon said that there are more grains on the ground in front of the room and she wanted the brown to eat from them.

When the brown went near the room, a big cat attacked and the brown cat cried. The black and gray cats thought that the cat caught the black cat. They became happy and ran away.

The black pigeon lost his one wing and he was not able to fly. Another pigeon helped the brown pigeon and took him to his house. that night, the black pigeon was alone at home.

Two days passed but the black and the gray pigeons did not come home.

On the other hand, the gray and black pigeons were hungry and there was no one to bring them food.