Stupid Bird

As more and more people begin to get their entertainment from the Internet - movie rental stores are beginning to go out of business.
Funny thing is, the movie industry once thought that rented videos were going to be the death of movie theaters.
But as my local Hollywood Video chain is also suffering from the complications of our current Great Recession - they are also closing up shop.
But this is a big win for consumers with a little change to spare.
I'm not interested in the current blockbusters - only the movies which one usually has to order from Amazon.
I've bought numerous Blaxploitation flicks, a few new releases I'd missed, and a whole bunch of foreign films.
One of the films I'd wanted to see was Akira Kirosawa's Ran.
A good movie - sort of a Japanese interpretation of King Lear.

But one segment of the movie stood out.
In one scene, the court jester related the story of the Bird and the White Eggs.


The bird had brown and speckled eggs which she would warm and protect.
But as the bird was sitting on her nest, she noticed a group of pristine white eggs.
The bird left her own eggs to serve as the protector of her newly discovered bounty.
As time went by, the bird warmed and stood guard over her newly acquired prize.
In due season the eggs began to crack.
The bird excitedly waited as one, two and then a group of snakes emerged from the eggs and began to eat her.
Stupid Bird...

Best story of the whole movie.