Look back

Once upon a time, there was a little bird. When it grew wings and learned to fly, it flew away and never looked back. "After all," thought the little bird, "isn't that what wings are for?"

Once upon a time, there was a little boy. Holding Mommy and Daddy's hands, he learned to walk and then to run. He came to Mommy to patch up his scrapes, and to Daddy to teach him to ride a bike. Every spring he watched the little birds hatch and learn to fly. Every fall he watched them fly away and never come back. "Don't they miss their family?" he wondered.

Once upon a time, there was a little boy. When he grew up and learned to drive, he went off to college and never looked back. "After all," thought the boy, "isn't that what wings are for?"