Birds Fighting

A man walked out in his front yard one day and the block was busy across the street the old man was mowing his lawn down the street the children was playing catch, and the day was gorgeous the sun was shining and he had just got done spending his morning playing golf with his golf buddies. It seems so hard to imagine that across the seas that the Marines, Army, and Navy was fighting in a war for freedom again against insurgence, but there they were portraying their brave defense. Not here not a single soul was fighting, birds had joined around the bird bath and two finches were taking in the water together. The man decided to watch the birds a while and he loved watching the wildlife of any kind, his father had taught him how to hunt years ago and he loved to hunt still but second to that he loved to just watch the wild life at play. The birds had finished with their baths and flown down and began hunting food of their own, one bird found a worm laying on the ground and began his lunch when the other bird bounced itself over to it and began helping itself to the small feast the other bird took offense and the fight was on. The man couldn't believe his eyes all the ground they have to eat over and they are fighting over this one worm what sense does it make, just then he was reminded of what he was just thinking of, fighting seems senseless but for some it is the only recourse we have to settle a dispute when a person comes in and tries to take what you have, freedom. That is why our soldiers fight, Americans answer that call to war for that reason, our soldiers are the defenders of freedom. The man watched the birds fight it out for a while and saw that the original bird got the worm, but such a small fight for a worm made the man think of his country because we started with a small skirmish then to full out war until we were independent. What we fought for wasn't small it for ourselves, just as a small finch defends his lunch, we defended our right to feed our souls in what religion we choose, we have the right to fill our minds with education from our press, we have the right defend ourselves with our guns, and we have the right to pursue our happiness. The bird fought for his happiness and he enjoyed his worm, then took flight and was gone, the man just turned and walked back inside. He walked across his room until he came to a cabinet, he reached to the top and pulled down a photo, the photo was old and worn in the photo was a man in a soldiers uniform from 1943. "Dad I finally understood why you fought and I only wish you could hear me say that now, funny two birds taught me what it meant."