A Tern for the worse....or better

There was a very stubborn and foolish young arctic tern that refused to migrate with the rest of the terns. Everyone warned him that it would become unbearably cold and food supplies would vanish, but he wouldn't believe them. When the great migration ensued, he was left alone.

He was proud of himself at first for being so independently minded, but his pride diminished as quickly as the Arctic summer's warmth waned prior to global warming and as his food vanished more quickly than a polar bears habitat.

The young tern realized his mistake and began to fly South, but he soon became too cold and hungry to fly any further so he stopped to rest and fell asleep. He woke suddenly to discover a bear had found him. He expected to be eaten, but to his surprise and disgust, the bear defecated upon the little bird and walked away.

As the little tern's horror faded, he realized that he was pleasantly warmed by the feces and that there were seeds and berries within that were wonderfully nutritious. Warm and full, the tern's spirits lifted and he began to sing a happy song.

Unfortunately his song reached the keen ears of an arctic lynx. The lynx swiped the little bird from his crappy new nest and promptly ate him.

There are a few morals to this story:

~ if the crowd is going somewhere and you just don't understand, perhaps you should just go along

~ if someone shits on you, that person isn't necessarily your enemy

~ if someone pulls you out of the shit, that person isn't necessarily your friend

~ if you are warm and well fed, you might want to keep your mouth shut