Lonely Pigeon

    Written by: Asma Kakar

Once there was piebald pigeon living in a jungle. She had a nest on the branch of a big tree and was living alone.

One-day, a white pigeon came and sat beside the piebald pigeon’s nest and told to the piebald that she is a stranger and has no place for living. The piebald asked her to live with her. The white pigeon thanked her.

The piebald wanted to collect some grains for the winter and asked the white to live at home but the white said that she would also go with her. They flew away and saw some grains on the ground and they came down to collect them. Meanwhile, the rain started and they were not able to fly to their nest. They saw a nest in a nearby tree and went there. Piebald saw that a green collared pigeon was in the nest. The piebald asked the green collared pigeon to let them in her nest for a while.

Green collared said that she would allow for the sake of the white. Green collared put some grains in front of the white. White asked the piebald that why the white does not have good behavior with you. The piebald said that she would tell about it her some other day.

The rain stopped and they went back to their nest. One day, the white saw that her saving looks less than before. She blamed the white and told her that why she has eaten her saved grain. The white denies but the piebald did not accept and she drove out the white from her nest.

The days and nights were passing and piebald was collecting grains. One day after a heavy rain, the piebald saw that the grains look more than before. She realized that the rain caused the grains to be wet and looks more and the sun rays cause them to look less.

She went to the white and green collared pigeon and said sorry to them and asked them to live with her and accepted her mistake but white and green collared denied her request and asked her to live alone.