lackbird Dilemma

ometime ago Baron Von Lodge was the head of a small country near Switzerland known as Lilliland.

One recurring problem was that a flock of blackbirds in the public park kept bothering the children that played there.

Lady Angela of Alpine Castle, the Baron’s fiancée, kept hearing the reports and decided to ask the Baron if something could be done about it. The Baron asked Professor Hamblin, his chief advisor, if indeed, the reports were true and find out to what extent any of the children were being bothered.

The Professor sent an investigative team to the park to see if the reports could be witnessed first hand.

After a careful investigation over some time, a report was made and given to the Professor. The Professor gave the report to the Baron who immediately shared it with lady Angela.

The findings were that the rumors were not as accurate as first reported. The blackbirds were all in one large tree and it was discovered that the children bothered the birds by throwing stones, trying to hit the blackbirds with the stones. The reason the blackbirds would not fly away, but tried to fight back, was because they had nests in that tree and there were baby birds growing up. All the blackbirds were doing was protecting their nests from the children who were throwing stones at them.

Professor Hamblin said it was nothing more than Mother Nature trying to protect its own. This was nothing more than a mother protecting her children from harm.

How would this news be handled since it was the children themselves who were to blame for trying to hurt the blackbirds? Lady Angela asked for a list of names of the children and she would arrange to meet with their parents to have the children immediately stop throwing stones at the birds or else they would no longer be allowed in the park.

Lady Angela met with the children’s parents and an agreement was made that the children would immediately stop throwing any more stones at the blackbirds.

Lady Angela was very pleased with the results. After all, birds have just as much right to be in the park, as do the children.