A Bird Caught In The Rain

From the safety of his room…watching raindrops sliding down his window pane…he noticed a bird…perched on a branch…with no protection from the rain. The more he watched…the more he thought…that bird needs caring for…so he put on his raincoat…grabbed an umbrella…and headed for the door. "Where are you going with that umbrella? " His mom asked. He said, "Don't worry Mom…it's not for me…It's for a little bird…caught in the rain…whose sitting in our tree." And she could not help but smile…as raindrops inched slowly down her window pane…as she watched her son…holding an umbrella over a bird caught in the rain. And she thought…how wonderful is a child's innocence…it has it's own beauty…it's own rhyme…and how endearing is that innocence…whose only enemy…is time. And she found herself praying that in him this innocence would never wane…as he waved to her while holding an umbrella…over a bird caught in the rain.