The Lonely Little Bird

Once there was a little bird who only had one wing, this bird was filled with loneliness, the bird tried many things to fill the emptiness inside. This bird lived in the forest and was surrounded by many, so many different animals... how was it that this bird felt so alone? This bird had travelled the world on a hot air balloon, crossed vast oceans with strange looking animals on a white things that float, hopped in places crowded with different faces so what was missing? This bird could not find the answer to his question. One day the little bird decided to ask one of his friends, the dog "What should I do so that I wouldn't feel alone?" "I know," The dog said, "You need to play with us more." And so the bird did, the dog introduced the bird to a game called "Fetch" where the dog throws the stick and the bird returns it to him. However, this game was difficult for the little bird since he only had one wing. "This stick is much too heavy for me to carry and I am much too slow.." whimpered the bird. The dog growled, "How can you get rid of your loneliness if you cannot play a simple game of fetch, I cannot play with you any more." The dog left and returned to his dog house.

The little bird hopped away and cried silently near a tree. A monkey came along "Hello bird." " Oh,Hello monkey." The little bird stared at the monkey, "You seem friendly, do you know why I feel lonely and unhappy?" The monkey laughed, "E-e-e Ooo ooo Yup I know why you feel unhappy, it is because you are not climbing on the trees like me!" The monkey climbed on a tree and began to chatter, she seemed very happy. "Try it, It will make you happy!." And so the bird tried to climb the tree, he tried to climb the tree with his beak but he fell, he tried to climb with his wing but he fell. "I Do not think I can climb this tree, can you help me climb this tree?" "No," the monkey said "If you cannot climb the tree yourself I can't be your friend, you are much to boring and weak." The monkey laughed and disappeared in the trees.

The little bird decided to spend one day completely alone and no animal knew where he went. The bird had forgotten who he was since he was with the other animals and tried to be like them. The bird remembered that he liked to fly. The bird remembered that he felt alive and free when he flew. The bird also remembered he liked to sing songs. The bird had precious memories of beautiful mornings spent singing with his mother and brother. However, his family had migrated to the north and he had to stay behind ever since his other wing broke. After spending more time by himself he felt slightly better "It's not so bad to be alone sometimes." 

The next day the bird awoke to the sound of some munching. A small turtle was slowly munching on some leaves. The turtle noticed the little bird and greeted him, "Good morning bird." "Oh Good Morning turtle." The little turtle finished his break feast and slowly made his way to the little bird. "Would you like to play with me?" the little turtle smiled. "I would, but you wouldn't want to play with me I cannot play fetch and I cannot climb a tree, I cannot do many things." the bird began to hop away. "Wait." The turtle said. "I am sure that we can both do many things, I know I am slow but My momma said it sometimes it takes some time to see the many things you can do." The bird was happy, "Really that's great!." The little turtle introduced his friends to the little bird, among them there was another little bird who had a broken wing. The two little birds laughed "look we both have broken wings!" The two little birds and the small turtle became great friends. The three friends realized that together they could fly great distances. The two birds embraced each other and used their wings together, they used their four feet to carry the small turtle and all three of them flew together. While they flew they would sing and laugh in the sky. The little bird learned that it wasn't so bad to be alone, he also learned that it was also great to have good friends to fly together with and in the end the little bird was happy and he no longer felt that lonely emptiness inside.


(ps: I am so sorry I forgot that the prompt said to write about a lonely person, I think I may have gotten carried away I forgot xD)