The lark and Its Young Ones is a touching story by P. V. Ramuswami
Raju. It helps small children to realize how dear a home is to a child
and no child would ever want to leave his or her mother and home sweet
home. It is one of the many stories of Indian Fables emphasizing on the
fact that little ones should not be separated from their mothers. The
story goes as follows:
A child went up to a lark and said: "Good lark, have you any young
ones?"
"Yes, child, I have," said the mother lark, "and they
are very pretty ones, indeed." Then she pointed to the little birds
and said, "This is Fair Wing, that is Tiny Bill, and that other is
Bright Eyes."
"At home, we are three," said the child, "myself and two
sisters. Mother says that we are pretty children, and she loves us."
To this the little larks replied, "Oh, yes, OUR mother is fond of
us, too."
"Good mother lark," said the child, "will you let Tiny
Bill go home with me and play?"
Before the mother lark could reply, Bright Eyes said, "Yes, if you
will send your little sister to play with us in our nest."
"Oh, she will be so sorry to leave home," said the child, "she
could not come away from our mother."
"Tiny Bill will be so sorry to leave our nest," answered
Bright Eyes, "and he will not go away from OUR mother."
Then the child ran away to her mother, saying, "Ah, every one is
fond of home!"
