From: "Jumping Spider" <spiderjumping>
To: <spiderjumping>
Subject: ZETRIA ATRIAN AND THE SPARROW-CLAM
Date: 09 October 2007
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ZETRIA ATRIAN AND THE SPARROW-CLAM
Zetria Atrian sat on the ocean's shore. As she rested in contemplation, a
sparrow flew down from the sky and alighted upon the wet sand. To Zetria's
surprise, the sparrow changed form, transmuting itself into a clam that lay
humbly upon the sand.
Now Zetria Atrian had learned the art of speaking with animals, plants, rocks,
the wind and all manner of things. So it was not strange at all for her to
question what she had just seen. Literally. "Oh curious clam," she spoke. "How
do you feel now that you are no longer a sparrow? Don't you miss the warm air
buoying your flight, the land stretched out below you?"
"You are extremely confused," the clam replied. "Why should a clam be
interested in such things? I'm content with the sweet ocean water surrounding
me. It is cold, but I barely realize it. I am tossed to and fro in the waves
without a care in the world. Why should I worry any longer about the currents
of air and the hunt for food?"
"If I were you, I would recall it," Zetria replied.
"But you are a [person]," the clam pointed out. "As a [person], it is your
nature, given to you by the Creator, to wonder about such things. If you were
a clam, it would be in your nature to sit in the sand and take your nourishment
from the ocean water."
"But why did the Creator give such a wondering nature to [people]?", Zetria
asked.
"How should I know?" the clam exclaimed. "I'm just a [expletive] clam!"
Then it burrowed into the sand and disappeared from Zetria's sight.
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