Once upon a time, there was a farm. The farm had a lot of weeds and in those tall, long weeds, lived a family of birds: 3 babies and a mom.
One day the farmer got super frustrated. “I am going to call my friends over and we are going to cut the weeds,” he said. So he texted his friends.
When the mama bird came back, the kids told her what the farmer said.
“Don’t worry,” the mama bird said.
The farmer kept waiting the whole day, but his friends did not come.
The farmer kept thinking about what could be done and he brought his kids to the farm. “Kids, cut these weeds tomorrow,” the angry farmer demanded.
The adorable baby birds again told their mama about what they heard and she, again, said, “Don’t worry.”
The next day even the kids did not cut the weeds. They made it to the garden but got too busy playing.
Later that day the farmer figured out that his kids did not cut the weeds and then he said: “If nobody is going to cut the weeds, I will have to do it myself.”
“The farmer is going to cut the weeds,” one baby said.
“Now we have to go,” Mama said.
When they were flying away, one baby bird was curious and asked: “Mama, how come we’re leaving now, and not before?”
Mama bird replied: “This time the farmer is going to cut the weeds himself, without anybody else’s help.”
“But why does that matter?” the baby bird asked.
“Sometimes, if you want to be successful, you have to rely on yourself, not others,” Mama Bird explained patiently.