LOOK UP!
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BUZZARD If you put a
buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8 feet and is entirely open at the top,
the bird, in spite of its ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The
reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run
of 10 to 12 feet. Without space to run, as is its habit, it will not even
attempt to fly, but will remain a prisoner for life in a small jail with no top.
The ordinary bat
that flies around at night, a remarkably nimble creature in the air, cannot
take off from a level place. If it is placed on the floor or flat ground, all
it can do is shuffle about helplessly and, no doubt, painfully, until
it reaches some slight elevation from which it can throw itself into the
air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash. BUMBLEBEE A bumblebee, if
dropped into an open tumbler, will be there until it dies, unless it is taken
out. It never sees the means of escape at the top, but persists in trying
to find some way out through the sides near the bottom. It will seek a way
where none exists, until it completely destroys itself. PEOPLE In many ways,
there are lots of people like the buzzard, the bat, and the bumblebee. They
are struggling about with all their problems and frustrations, not
ever realizing that all they have to do is look up. |