The Bird Pair and the Sea

A pair of Tittibha birds, husband and wife lived on seashore. The female Tittibh
a bird was expecting to lay eggs and raise a family.
When the time to lay eggs came, she asked her husband to look for a safe place t
o lay her eggs, "My dear, please look for some good and safe place for me to lay
eggs as it is almost time for me to lay the them."
But the male Tittibha bird said, "Dearest, where in the world could be a better
place than this seashore? Please lay your eggs here."
She disagreed, "The waves of sea on full moon nights are so high that they can d
rag even an elephant into it. No, please find a place away from here."
The male Tittibha bird laughed and insisted, "The Sea would not even dare to do
any harm to my children! Do not fear unnecessarily and lay eggs here without any
worries."
All the time, the Sea had been hearing this, and thought, "From a small bird as
he, such impudence is not expected. I'll certainly take away his eggs to see wha
t he does after that and teach him a lesson."
Within a few days, the female Tittibha bird laid her eggs in the seashore. Short
ly afterward, when the birds went away in search of food, the Sea started making
waves. The waves became higher and higher, till it swallowed the eggs into it.
The birds returned later to find the nest empty. The female Tittibha bird starte
d weeping bitterly, "See for yourself that the waves of the sea has swallowed ou
r eggs. You are a fool not to listen to me when I asked you to find a safe place
to lay eggs."
The male Tittibha bird continued its stupidity, "Dear, don't you worry. I will p
rove to you how brilliant I am. I will dry the sea, and force it to return our e
ggs."
The female Tittibha bird wondered, "How can you dry this enormous sea?"
The male Tittibha bird explained, "Even small beings can overcome the strongest
opponents if they are zealous. And so, I plan to dry up the whole sea by sucking
its water with my beak."
The wife argued, "How can you suck the sea dry, when rivers like the Ganges and
Indus, and hundreds of other rivers flow into it. There is no good in this babbl
ing". While the husband argued, "I'll work day and night to suck all the water f
rom the sea with my beak, which is as solid as iron. Man can succeed only after
putting efforts".