Eagle or chicken?

Once upon a time, in a valley far, far away, there was a farmer who was fed up with his mundane farm life. Tired of tilling the fields and milking the cows, he decided to embark on a daring adventure to scale the menacing cliffs looming above the valley. Little did he know that this adventure would lead to an egg-citing encounter!

As he climbed higher and higher, he stumbled upon a nest with a bunch of eggs. And guess what? They were eagle's eggs! Now, he knew he probably shouldn't mess with them - it was definitely un-ecological and most likely illegal - but he just couldn't resist the temptation. So, he swiped one of those majestic eagle eggs and carefully tucked it into his backpack.

As the sun started to set, he realized he couldn't make it to the top in time, so he reluctantly began his descent. Back at his farm, he placed the stolen egg amidst his few chickens. You wouldn't believe what happened next!

The mother hen, who fancied herself the queen of the farm, couldn't contain her pride, sitting atop that magnificent egg. Even the cockerel was puffing up his feathers, boasting like never before. And sure enough, a few weeks later, a fine and healthy egret hatched from the stolen egg. The chicken family embraced this majestic bird as their own, and it quickly learned all the tricks of the chicken trade.

Clucking and cackling, scratching for worms, and flapping its wings with all its might - the egret believed it was a chicken through and through. Flying just a few feet in the air before crashing back down, it was the world's clumsiest flyer!

The eagle that was raised to think it was a chicken lived its life pecking around the farm, blissfully ignorant of its true potential. But one day, in its old age, it happened to glance up at the sky. Lo and behold, it saw an eagle soaring with grace and power on the thermals.

"Wow! That's magnificent! It's beautiful!" exclaimed the old eagle-who-thought-he-was-a-chicken in awe.

"That's an eagle, you goof!" said a nearby chicken. "The King of the Birds! A bird of the air, not meant for the likes of us chickens. We're just earth-bound, you know."

And just like that, the old eagle cast its eyes back down to the ground, never realizing its true identity. It continued to cluck and peck, thinking it was a chicken all along.

And so, the mighty eagle spent its entire life as a chicken, never knowing the heights it could have reached. All because it believed in the chicken lies and never dared to spread its wings and soar like the majestic creature it truly was.

The moral of the story? Don't let others define you or limit your potential. Embrace your true self and dare to soar like an eagle!