A MAN SAT ALONE DRENCHED DEEPLY IN SADNESS AND ALL THE ANIMALS AROUND HIM DREW NEAR AND SAID TO HIM, "WE DON'T LIKE TO SEE YOU SITTING HERE SAD AS YOU ARE, ASK US FOR WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU WISH AND WE SHALL GRANT IT TO YOU".
THE MAN SAID,"I WANT TO HAVE THE BEST EYE SIGHT".
SO THE VULTURE REPLIED, "YOU SHALL HAVE MINE".
THEN THE MAN SAID, "I WANT TO BE STRONG".
SO, THE JAGUAR REPLIED,"YOU SHALL HAVE MINE".
THEN THE MAN SAID,"I WANT TO KNOW THE SECRETS OF THE EARTH". SO, THE SERPENT REPLIED, "I SHALL SHOW THEM TO YOU".
AND SO WENT THE REQUEST OF THE MAN FROM ALL THE ANIMALS SEEKING TO MAKE HIM HAPPY; AND AFTER RECEIVING ALL THE GIFTS BESTOWED UPON HIM HE LEFT....
THEN THE OWL BEGAN TO SPEAK TO THE ANIMALS AFTER SEEING THE MAN JUST RUN OFF AS HE DID; "MAN KNOWS MUCH AND IS NOW ABLE TO DO MANY THINGS"...
THE DEER INTERRUPTS AND SAYS,"MAN HAS ALL HE NEEDS NOW TO BE BE HAPPY AND PUT AN END TO HIS SADNESS". NO!!! SAYS THE OWL. I SAW A HOLE IN MAN DEEP LIKE HIS HUNGER AND HE WILL NEVER FILL IT...THIS IS THE SOURCE AND THIS IS WHAT MAKES HIM SAD AND MAKES HIM WANT.
HE WILL GO ON TAKING AND WANTING UNTIL ONE DAY THE WORLD WILL SAY I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO GIVE.
THE MAN SAID,"I WANT TO HAVE THE BEST EYE SIGHT".
SO THE VULTURE REPLIED, "YOU SHALL HAVE MINE".
THEN THE MAN SAID, "I WANT TO BE STRONG".
SO, THE JAGUAR REPLIED,"YOU SHALL HAVE MINE".
THEN THE MAN SAID,"I WANT TO KNOW THE SECRETS OF THE EARTH". SO, THE SERPENT REPLIED, "I SHALL SHOW THEM TO YOU".
AND SO WENT THE REQUEST OF THE MAN FROM ALL THE ANIMALS SEEKING TO MAKE HIM HAPPY; AND AFTER RECEIVING ALL THE GIFTS BESTOWED UPON HIM HE LEFT....
THEN THE OWL BEGAN TO SPEAK TO THE ANIMALS AFTER SEEING THE MAN JUST RUN OFF AS HE DID; "MAN KNOWS MUCH AND IS NOW ABLE TO DO MANY THINGS"...
THE DEER INTERRUPTS AND SAYS,"MAN HAS ALL HE NEEDS NOW TO BE BE HAPPY AND PUT AN END TO HIS SADNESS". NO!!! SAYS THE OWL. I SAW A HOLE IN MAN DEEP LIKE HIS HUNGER AND HE WILL NEVER FILL IT...THIS IS THE SOURCE AND THIS IS WHAT MAKES HIM SAD AND MAKES HIM WANT.
HE WILL GO ON TAKING AND WANTING UNTIL ONE DAY THE WORLD WILL SAY I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO GIVE.