There was a certain man who went through the forest seeking any bird of interest he might find. He caught a young eagle, brought it home and put it among the fowls and ducks and turkeys, and gave it chicken food to eat even though it was the king of birds.

Five years later, a naturalist came to see him and, after passing through the garden, said ‘That bird is an Eagle, not a chicken.'

‘Yes' said the owner, ‘but I have trained it to be a chicken. It is no longer an eagle.'

‘No,' said the naturalist, ‘it is an eagle still; it has the heart of an eagle, it has the wing span of an eagle, and I will help it soar high up in to the heavens.'

‘No,' said the owner. ‘it is a chicken and will never fly.'

They agreed to test it. The naturalist picked up the eagle, held it up and said with great i…