hirping Bird

aron Von Lodge was the head of a small country known as Lilliland near Switzerland. The time was the early 1900s.

Every morning the Baron began his daily schedule by arising promptly at 7 a.m. He used to have an alarm clock or one of the Lilliland Castle staff awaken him. But, for the past few weeks a little yellow bird would appear on the Baron’s balcony and chirp loudly enough to pleasantly wake the Baron at 7 a.m. sharp.

When the Baron told his fiancée Lady Angela of Alpine Castle about the little yellow chirping bird she was delighted. Lady Angela had her castle to look after which required that she arise every morning at 7:30 a.m. sharp. She mentioned a similar situation about a bird coming to her balcony and chirping for her every morning at 7:30 a.m.

They both thought for a few moments that perhaps it was the same little bird chirping first on the Baron’s balcony window, then flying the three-mile distance to Lady Angela’s balcony to chirp on her balcony window.

The Baron had an idea to test if it was indeed the same yellow bird. He asked the castle photographer to one day take a picture of the bird outside the Baron’s window and the following day to take the same at Alpine Castle. The photographer had his instructions not to frighten the bird and make sure that the camera was far enough away so the bird was not aware that the picture was being taken.

The photographer took both pictures and showed them to the Baron and Lady Angela. It was the same little yellow bird on two different pictures taken at two different castles.

Since both castles were only three miles apart and both situated on the shores of Castle Lake, a bird could make the flight in a matter of minutes. But the question was why did the bird choose to sing his wakeup song for the Baron and a few minutes later for Lady Angela?

The Baron and Lady Angela both asked their chief advisor Professor Hamblin if there was some explanation for the chirping yellow bird. After careful research on the topic in both castle libraries, the Professor was not able to come up with any explanations.

Perhaps the little yellow bird had some instinctive wisdom that told him in his own little way that if the Baron and Lady Angela could start off their day with a cheerful little song, the rest of day would go well for them. Since both the Baron and Lady Angela loved birds they would be extra nice to all the birds in Lilliland.