Once upon a time, there was a kingdom made up of animals. It wasn't a peaceful kingdom. The birds didn't get along with the cats and the mice couldn't stand the lizards and so on and so forth...each different animal clan thought they knew best, and they didn't like how the others did things. They all wanted to be in charge of how the kingdom was run because they simply couldn't tolerate how any of the others did it.
As with any conflict, it was the smaller souls who suffered for it. Bee's wings were torn off, snail's shells were cracked...few of the animals paid it any mind.
And as with any conflict, eventually it came to an end. Of all the animal kingdom, a few clans rose to prominence. There were the big cats, lions. A family of foxes. A solitary lizard. Some minks. A pack of dogs. A school of fish. And inexplicably, a butterfly, because all of the animals loved the flowers in the kingdom and they knew that they needed a keeper.
These prominent families had their own parcels of the land and peoples. Each of them still wanted to do things their own way, you see, but they also decided to meet with one another every so often and keep up friendly relations.
For many, many years representatives of the clans would meet. Eventually, like all things, this came to an end. The foxes wouldn't leave their den. The lions hibernated through all the long seasons. The butterfly couldn't leave the garden alone. The lizard roamed about the kingdom, but rarely did any of the clans meet. They heard stories of one another on occasion or would run into one another.
The years, as years do, had changed them. The lions woke when spring came...the foxes left their den...the lizard was no longer alone. The butterfly could no longer remember the faces from that time long past, but it changed, too, as all things do.
There isn't yet an ending written to the story. I like to think that someday all the animals will meet and play games together, in the next samsara if not this one. It's nice for things to have happier endings, I think.
My final question is: do you know where to find the butterfly?
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Once upon a time, there was a kingdom made up of animals. It wasn't a peaceful kingdom. The birds didn't get along with the cats and the mice couldn't stand the lizards and so on and so forth...each different animal clan thought they knew best, and they didn't like how the others did things. They all wanted to be in charge of how the kingdom was run because they simply couldn't tolerate how any of the others did it.
As with any conflict, it was the smaller souls who suffered for it. Bee's wings were torn off, snail's shells were cracked...few of the animals paid it any mind.
And as with any conflict, eventually it came to an end. Of all the animal kingdom, a few clans rose to prominence. There were the big cats, lions. A family of foxes. A solitary lizard. Some minks. A pack of dogs. A school of fish. And inexplicably, a butterfly, because all of the animals loved the flowers in the kingdom and they knew that they needed a keeper.
These prominent families had their own parcels of the land and peoples. Each of them still wanted to do things their own way, you see, but they also decided to meet with one another every so often and keep up friendly relations.
For many, many years representatives of the clans would meet. Eventually, like all things, this came to an end. The foxes wouldn't leave their den. The lions hibernated through all the long seasons. The butterfly couldn't leave the garden alone. The lizard roamed about the kingdom, but rarely did any of the clans meet. They heard stories of one another on occasion or would run into one another.
The years, as years do, had changed them. The lions woke when spring came...the foxes left their den...the lizard was no longer alone. The butterfly could no longer remember the faces from that time long past, but it changed, too, as all things do.
There isn't yet an ending written to the story. I like to think that someday all the animals will meet and play games together, in the next samsara if not this one. It's nice for things to have happier endings, I think.
My final question is: do you know where to find the butterfly?