Narrated by Worku Woldemariam
A man caught a very beautiful bird in the palm of his hand. He was squeezing her so as to kill her. But she requested to be allowed to say a word or two.
�Please don�t kill me. I�ll give you three important pieces of advice. My first is: don�t let go of what you have in your hands. The second is: don�t regret anything that has happened.�
Then she kept quiet.
He asked her to give him the third one.
�The third one is very useful to your children and grandchildren and I will not tell you unless you release me.�
The man was anxious to hear that important advice so he let her go and she flew up into a tree.
�What did I say to you? Do you remember?� she said to him.
�You said, �Don�t let go of what you have in your hands.��
�And the second?�
�Don�t regret any mistakes you have made.�
�Yes. You did not accept what I told you. If you hadn�t let me go, you would have found gold in my body that would have been a great asset to your children and grandchildren. So that�s all.�
�What about the third one?� he asks.
�The third one was a repetition of the second. Don�t regret what you have lost. That�s all. Goodbye. So, because you haven�t taken my advice you will live in poverty.�
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