Limited Imagination

     An egg of an eagle was kept under the wings of a hen. After incubation for sufficient period a small eagle came out of the egg. But this eaglet supposed itself to be a chicken. Imitating other chickens it wasted its time by wandering here and there, making shrill noise and picking up grains from dirty places!
     It could not fly high. Once it saw an eagle flying high up in the sky!  He asked the other chickens," which is that graceful bird?" He was told," It is an Eagle a very powerful bird! But you cannot fly like it because you are just a chicken!'
     Thus , the eaglet assumed itself to be a chicken without thinking at all! It could not claim his rightful heritage as it has no vision to recognize itself. Instead it lived like an ignoble cock and died like a cock only! In fact the eaglet was born to succeed but lived an unsuccessful life due to limits of its imagination.!

Moral : To succeed in life one should realize one's own capacities.

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