The Brave Little parrot

Summary 

Once there was a little parrot living in a jungle. The Buddha turned to be a parrot while there was a huge fire in the jungle. All the animals and insects were trapped in the fire.The parrot decided to rescue them and flew to a river and carned few drops of water in its wings.The parrot knew that it's effort alone was not enough but it continued.The Gods in the heaven were happy and were busy with delicious food.They mocked the parrot but it didn't give up its effort.Later the god was impressed and joined parrot to extinguish the fire.

Finally, the fire was , turned off and all the animals and insects louded the parrot.

LITERAL COMPREHENSION
Once the Buddha was born as a little parrot in a jungle. One day a fire broke out in his jungle home because of lighting and thundering. So they run here and there to save his life first. As he was flying to the river, he sows the suffering animals bellow, trapped in the burning jungle. Then he wanted to save them. A wonderful idea came to his mind to putout the fire. He dipped in to the river water and flew back to the burning forest and released the water attached with his wings. He rapidly flew to the river and brought water. Seeing this, some of the gods in the heaven laugh at the foolishness of the parrot, but one of them was moved and flew down to the parrot in the form of golden eagle. He then advised to the parrot to save his own life. But the parrot did not like his advice. He needed his help. In order to help the parrot the god in the form of golden eagle began to weep. His tears put out the fire in a jungle. All the burned plant and animals were restored freshly. The animal prays the brave little parrot and the wonderful rain.

INTERPRETATION
This story might be trying to tell us that good intension  is always rewarded and that the action is better than advice. It was the parrot's good intension which made the god help him and thus he was able to save all the animals. So the proverb "heaven helps those who help themselves" is certainly true. This story may also be interpreted to mean that courage  is the surest weapon against danger because the parrot was able to bring everything out of danger

CRITICAL THINKING
A skeptic may raise the so many questions about this beautiful story. Do gods exist? Is reincarnation possible? Can tears putout the burned plant and animals back to life? As a reader we should read the deep meaning of the story, not the surface meaning. If we do so, many things become clear to us

ASSIMILATION
When I read this story for the first time I also considered that the parrot was a fool. But as I thought about it seriously, I understood the value of his action. I compare his action to an individual's task of building his nation. It is true that a single person can not do much for his or her nation. If the person can inspire the whole mass to do something for the country, he or she is really great. The vision to the great leaders seems meaningless in the beginning. But when it is put in to practice it can really build the nation great.