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GODS GIFT

After a forest fire in Yellowstone Nationa Park,
Forest rangers began their trek up a mountain
to assess the inferno’s damage.
One ranger found a bird literally pertrifed
in the ashes,
Perched statuesquely on the ground at the base
of a tree.
Somewhat sickened by the eerie sight, he gently
knocked over the bird with a stick.
When he struck it, three tiny chicks scurried
from under their dead Mother’s wings.
The loving mother, keenly aware of impending
disater, had carried her offspring,
To the base of the tree and had gathered them
under her wings, instinctivly knowing
That the toxic smoke would rise.
She could have flown to safety but refused to
abandon her babies.  When the blaze had
Arrived and the heat had scorched her small body,
the mother had remained steadfast.
Because she was willing to die,  so that
those under the cover of her wings would live.
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