A boy discovered an eagle's egg and placed it in the nest of a prairie chicken. The eagle hatched, believing itself to be a chicken. As it grew, it lived like a prairie chicken: scratching the dirt for food and flying short distances with noisy, fluttering wings. This was a dreary existence. Gradually, the eagle grew older and more bitter. One day, it and its prairie chicken friend witnessed a magnificent bird soaring high above the mountains on air currents. "Oh, how I wish I could fly like that!" the eagle said. The chicken replied, "Don't waste your thoughts on that. That is the mighty eagle, the king of all birds—you could never be like him!" So the eagle ceased to think about it, continuing to cackle and complain about life. It eventually died, still believing it was a prairie chicken. My friends, you were also born an eagle. The Creator intended you to be an eagle, so do not listen to the prairie chickens!