As a child in 4-H, I learned the fable of the Wise Man, The Young Boy, and The Little Bird. In the story, a young boy plans to trick a wise man by hiding a small bird in his hands and asking the wise man if the bird was alive or dead. If the wise man said the bird was alive, the boy would squeeze his hands and kill the bird. If the wise man said it was dead, the boy would open his hands and let the bird fly free. Either way the boy would prove he was smarter than the wise man.
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