Grandma's Stories--681--Sacrifice !!

There was a bird catcher.He used to go to the jungle,catch birds put them in cages and sell them.His father,grand father and great grand father were also did the same in their times,so he did not know any other way of earning,and never find any badness in it.One day he reached Jungle quite late,It was a cloudy day,Soon the rain started with thunder and lightning.He took shelter under a big tree.It was thick jungle,so Sun rays could not reach up to the ground,Now It was darker due to rain.There was a Pigeon couple was living on that tree.They saw that the man was shivering because it was very cold,They thought to make some warmth for the man,so they started flying one by one,picked up small dry sticks in there beaks and dropping them in front of the man,soon a small heap of dry sticks collected in front of him,The male Pigeon brought a burning stick in his beak and dropped it on those sticks,all sticks made a fire,and the man felt comfort,the male Pigeon said to his wife”This man seems hungry,I want to jump in that fire so that he could satisfy his hunger””No,He can satisfy his hunger when he will eat both of us”and both of them jumped into the fire,The Bird catcher shocked,Tears came out of his eyes,he promised himself that he will never catch any bird,and Angels came down to take the two birds to the heaven.