Once upon a time there was a very beautiful and colorful bird, his name was Shujaa. This bird had a miserable life. He lived tied with a long iron chain in a bird cage inside a house. This house was in the middle of a meadow. There was nothing near the house, just four or five trees, a few roses and tall grass. The owner of the house thought that the windows should be kept closed all the time so that the bird would not escape. The owner of the house used to put a handful of seeds for Shujaa every day so that he would eat, but it was not enough. Only one day a week the owner of the house would open the cage and the windows and let him go out to hunt, but he would remain tied up. He could not fly far and had to find food in the meadow. The food was mostly small mice and worms in rotten fruits. 

The rest of the time, Shujaa kept looking out at a huge tree from the window in front of his cage. This tree was different from all the trees. Its beauty shone and illuminated the entire land around it. The tree was very tall and it was as if it ruled nature with its enormity. Shujaa dreamed every night of living freely and building his nest on it, but unfortunately he continued his life in a state of depression. One day, while he was hunting to eat, he saw a starling on a tree in the meadow. Shujaa was a little surprised because he was not used to the presence of other birds here. He was curious and flew to the same tree to talk to the stranger.

– Peace be upon you, how are you? Who are you and what are you doing here?

– And peace be upon you, take it easy, don’t ask questions quickly like that. I’m Jack, I’m fine even though I’m a little tired from the trip. But I am resting to continue my way and this tree is very excellent.

Brave thought that Jack is a strange name and wanted to know more about this bird and its journey. “What is the journey that you are doing?”

– I am a migratory bird, I travel from the north to the south in the winter to warm up and find more food and I return when the summer comes to the first place because the weather is colder.

– Really? I have never heard of this before.

– We are millions of birds who travel like this, but this time I decided to change my route. By the way, what is your name?

Shujaa did not understand everything but decided to stop asking questions about the subject because he would have gotten more lost and simply replied “I am Brave, do you see the house over there? He pointed to the house he lives in, and I have one day a week when I can leave the house.”

Jack did not understand Brave’s story and wanted to explain to him more about what he was saying. “Don’t you live in the trees?”

– No, my owner will imprison me and chain me so I can’t escape. You know, my dream is to live on the big tree that lights up the whole town. 

– Haha, I loved your dream, but unfortunately it’s impossible. The birds that live there are legendary, and the birds that haven’t traveled and traveled the world won’t be able to climb it. Sorry, there’s no chance you’ll succeed. 

Shujaa was sad because of what he said and decided to go back to his cage without replying to Jack. Shujaa’s life couldn’t be worse than this. His life was like a deep, bottomless hole, and whenever he saw light, it would disappear immediately. 

In the following weeks, Shujaa never saw the bird again, and the bird was happy with this situation. He decided to train hard to climb the big tree and live a better life. He also wanted to show Jack that he wasn’t a failure like he had told him. Shujaa started walking around his cage all the time to improve his endurance. When he was allowed out of the cage, he would walk around the house. The first time a brave pot completed four laps without stopping. As time passed, it became stronger, and was able to do 30-40 laps, and day after day it got better and better.

After a few months, the starling Jack returned to the meadow and saw Brave training and started watching him. The bird was focused and did not notice the starling. Jack called Brave who had to stop his training. Brave flew towards the olive tree where Jack was resting. Although Brave was feeling tired, he greeted Jack. Jack replied: “And peace be upon you, you look tired, I see that you train a lot, why?

-I will climb the legendary tree and make my nest on it.

-I saw you, and honestly I was wrong, I thought you were an ordinary bird, but I discovered that you are special. That’s why I will be your trainer.” Brave was surprised by his words, he hesitated, but in the end he agreed to help him. 

During the following weeks, the bird walked on a training like the training of the Greek hero. He was able to do more than 100 laps, he was climbing olive trees and descending them before he started again. Brave became very strong and had a high endurance. 

One day, Jack felt that Brave was ready and told him that he must travel to the legendary tree. But first he must be free for this. So the starling planned a plan. Before the owner of the house closed all the windows, Jack entered the house and hid inside a closet in the attic. When the owner of the house went to sleep, Jack got out of the piece of furniture and found the keys to the cage, although he saw the keys hanging on a chain around the man’s neck. But he decided to hit his face with his beak to move. He was able to find a way to open the chain, but when he opened it, the man moved again, and the keys fell to the ground with a loud sound. The man woke up and saw Jack taking the keys from the ground. The man quickly ran to the starling who flew towards Shajaa’s room. Jack was able to open the cage and then the room window. Jack shouted at Shajaa to escape. The bird hesitated and saw his owner angry. Shajaa replied, “And what about you?

-Don’t worry”, Jack said, “I will find a solution. Come on, escape.”

Shujaa went out of the house. He looked behind him for a while and saw that Jack was fighting with the man. But the bird acted according to Jack’s words and flew towards the legendary tree. 

After a few days, Shujaa reached the tree. He was tired, but he knew that this was the only chance in his life and he should not give up. He was afraid of the sight because he could not see the leaves of the tree due to its height. He decided to rest for half a day, drank from the river next to the tree and found rotten apples on the ground, ate worms that looked like they were also rotten inside the apples that had become like their home.

After the break he took, his strength came back, so Shujaa started climbing. He put his claws on the tree trunk and climbed slowly. After a few hours, he covered a hundred meters on the trunk, but he didn’t finish. The road was still long. He saw the tree leaves when he reached 500 meters. He was tired, but he thought of Jack and didn’t want to give up. He continued on his way with difficulty, even his claws hurt him. He was thirsty and hungry, but he started smelling the scent of paradise. He reached the tree leaves, entered deep inside the tree, and finally found dozens of huge nests. There were many colorful birds like Shujaa. The birds were happy to see someone new. 

They congratulated him and cheered for him. Shujaa was proud of himself, even though he felt sad that Jack was not here. The birds made room for Shujaa to build his nest. He started to build his nest and suddenly a little bird came to help the brave. The bird said to the brave, “How are you, Shujaa? Welcome among us.” Shujaa recognized the voice, turned his face and found Jack.