It is true that a person is known by the company he keeps. So is clear in the story also. In the story the two birds got separated due to a strong wind and one lived with robbers and the other stayed outside an ashram. They were brought up in their own places. Due to…
When the king came to the forest to hunt, he followed a deer and while chasing him he lost his way. He became tired and sat under a tree to have some rest. All of a sudden a brown bird called robbers to take his jewels away. He was shocked and became afraid and ran…
Yes! I agree that one is known by the company one keeps because here in this story the bird that lived in the company of the robbers, learnt to talk about robbing the people. The other bird who lived in the company of the Rishi repeated what he heard from him about welcoming people warmly.
The talking birds, which looked similar but behaved differently when they met the king at two different places, surprised him.
The second bird who lived near the Rishi’s ashram complained to the king that the bird in the forest near the robbers’ cave was his brother. He had befriended the robbers. He had learnt their foul language. He did not even talk to him anymore.
The mother bird and two baby birds met with a misfortune. There was a big storm, with thunder and lightening and rain. The wind blew down many trees. The tree in which the birds lived was also uprooted. The mother bird died and the baby birds were separated from each other.
The king was amazed to see a big brown bird near a cave calling out to the robbers to come quickly and rob the king of his jewels and horse. He was amazed a second time again when he reached a Rishi’s ashram and saw another similar big, brown bird gently welcoming him and asking…
The Rishi welcomed the king and asked him to get inside and take rest.
The bird told him that the bird he had seen was his brother, but he had made robbers his friends.