SHORT TRUE STORY ABOUT THE EAGLE

The Eagle has the longest life-span among birds. An Eagle can live up to 70 years. But to reach this age, the Eagle must make a HARD DECISION in life!

 In its 40’s, the eagle’s long and flexible talons can no longer grab prey which serves as food. Its long and sharp beak becomes bent and makes it further difficult for the eagle to eat. Added to this trouble, the eagle’s old age and heavy wings, due to its thick feathers, become stuck to its chest and make it difficult for the eagle to fly.


A hard decision:

At this point, the eagle is left with only two options – Die, or go through a painful process of change which lasts for 150 days.
This process of change requires that the eagle flies to a mountain top and sits on its nest. While on the mountain top, the eagle endures the pains and knocks its beak against a rock until it plucks it out. After plucking it out, the eagle waits for a new beak to grow back and then the eagle will start another painful process of plucking out its talons. When its talons grow back, the eagle starts another process of plucking its’ old-aged feathers. After getting rid of these, the eagle waits patiently for five months on the mountain top to be renewed or given a re-birth. At the end of the fifth month, the eagle will then take its famous flight of re-birth and live for 30 more years!