The Storks

Once, a family of storks lived on the rooftop of a small village house. While the mother cared for her chicks, the father stood proudly on one leg, watching over them. Down below the house, the village children played and laughed in the street. They mocked the storks by threatening them with roasting and hanging except for one kind-hearted boy named Peter, who thought it was a shame to make fun of the poor birds. The young birds grew frightened by the mocking, but their mother promised adventures in warm lands if they learned to fly. With time and effort, they mastered the skies. As they prepared to leave, the storks remembered the kind boy who defended them, and the naughty ones who mocked them. What became of the kind boy who defended the storks? And how did the storks repay the cruel one who mocked them? Read this thoughtful tale to find out how kindness is rewarded and cruelty repaid.