The Fat Cat

The lazy fat cat sat watching the Silver Bird.

“If only I could catch it, maybe I could fly like that bird,” he thought. But he was too lazy. It required effort and he didn’t feel inclined to move from where he was.

However, the more he watched, the more he thought how high that bird flew. “What would it be like to see everything from that height,” he wondered.  He shifted his position a little. Maybe he could catch it after all.

To his surprise the Silver Bird turned and looked at him full in the face. It was completely unafraid. He felt it was challenging him.

“Join me if you can,” it said quite clearly to the cat’s mind.

The cat shifted his position a little more, but then something else caught his attention. The scent of cat food his mistress was preparing for him. He got up stiffly. Why did he want to go bothering himself with dreams? What more could he want than the comfortable life he already had?

The Silver Bird drooped with disappointment as he watched the fat cat go. What wonders he could have shown him.

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