EGRET​

2017

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Once upon a time, there was an egret with one wing. So the only thing it could do was looking at others while they were filing. Every time when it passed by the pound, even the fish living there would laugh at it. They said, at least we had the shadow of sky, but you had nothing. Thence,  it jumped into a deep valley one day, to see whether it's right or not. It was the first time for the egret to feel the air pass through the feathers, to touch the sky. It was the feeling like the whole world was underneath its wing. The wind, gave it courage, hope, but not a wing. It fell, hit the ground badly. It thought, it must be the end of the life.

It took the last glance of this world, the dirt and the sky. Before falling into faint, egret saw there was a human walking toward it, maybe, it was the guide from the abyss. egret found itself lying on a couch with pain. Its last wing disappeared, there was nothing left. It cried, but did not feel desperate for losing its last chance to fly. At this time , a young acolyte came in. He strolled slowly toward the egret, and sat by its side. He said gently, "If I didn't cut your wing, you would die. I am sorry." Time passed by. One day, acolyte went out to find the herb for egret. Little acolyte felt something and looked up the end of the hill while he was picking up a plant. He sighed. He left the grass in his hand, and walked into the heart of the forest.