Short Story 2 (1/2)
Prologue
A memory came to me in a flash; I re like this
“If I gave you the chance to become a human, would you want to?”
Back then, I simply smiled and said, “I don’t want to beco freely in the skies That’s perfect for e of time, all of a sudden, I really wanted to become a human just once Thus, I asked the God, “Can I still have another chance to become a human?”
However, the God shook his head, “You’ve already ave you a chance now, you wouldn’t live past a single day”
“That’s fine, even half a day is fine I just want to be a hu eyes, I pleaded earnestly
The God sighed, “Then I’ll give you a single day’s ti to do with it?”
I sh
Part 1
I was a little bird as raised by a God
I was born with the God’s divine blessings
My feathers are a gorgeous sky blue, with traces of snohite
Thus, ever since I was born, I’ve been envied by most of my kind
Because I could choose ave ave you the chance to become a human, would you want to?”
I remember that I replied his question with one of my own
“Is there any difference between humans and us birds?”
He sence, and they have great ability That’s why all animals are afraid of them”
I stared in astonish, “Then what about birds?”
The God’s s as he said, “Birds are simple, but they’re free”
“Then I don’t want that chance, I just want to continue being a free bird”
Back then, I had a pure nature I just thought that if I were to becos
Then why not be a carefree little bird?
I watched the God nod, seeht
And since that time, I really became a happy little bird
Part 2
I was a little bird who just learned how to fly
From the side of a very kind God, I fleards the forest for the first tied to nature
Thus, he left
When I first saw the sky, it was blue and really, really big
I siher and even further, and thus, I ended up flying really, really far
I copied my fellow birds’ actions and landed on the balcony of a hurains set out to dry in the sun I also hid in a corner and sneakily ate the grains,ht fell, I followed the to do, I learned how to catch little worside my fellows
Part 3
I was a happy little bird
The first time I saw a human, my companions and I were so scared that we flew really, really far away
They said that humans are bad, that they would catch little birds to play with
I was really scared
Because I loved the blue skies, loved flying with s, and loved my freedom
But huirl who had long, long hair; she aving at me
Dazed, I landed on a branch far away from her, out of her reach I didn’t understand what she was doing
She grabbed a bunch of rice grains and tossed them, and they landed not far fro a word
That was a great, great terains, but I was afraid that she would capture me
I saw that irl still continued to s forwhile
I thought, that o over
Part 4
Humans really are kind
I carefully hopped a few steps forward, but she didn’t le move
Thus, I scooped up a mouthful in my beak and fleay, but she still didn’t ain and ate a fewme fly off in panic
However, I saw that she had thrownscared, and after finishi+ng all the grains on the ground, she still tossed another bunch of grains to irl
She was the first huht, that humans were kind
Part 5
After that, I would stop at that balcony every day
When the little girl saw rains to eat
Slowly, I lost my fear of her
Sometimes, I would even land very, very close to her
She never tried to catch me
When she watched me, she was always full of smiles
Her body was tiny, compared to other hus
She had aher to throw some food for me to eat
I didn’t understand what they talked about
I only knew that that girl would always giveto eat
Part 6
I was a lazy little bird
After I found someone to feed irl
Although I could still find food on my own, I would always look for her frorains to eat
She would keep sot used to her
I wasn’t afraid of her anyht, that humans weren’t so scary after all
Part 7
After that, I saw that little girl’s fa and sain on that balcony
My companions said that the little human hadaway?”
They said, “That means they’ll never come back”
Thatleft to eat after I ate all the grains in her ho left to eat, did they have to go and catch woruilty
I was so afraid that the little girl would starve to death
This wouldn’t do, I had to go find her
Part 8
I left hoain
I flew by myself towards the blue sky, and eventually came to a place called a city