Like a Fable from Aesop Come to Life: The Story of the Kitten and the Crow
by Lael
Just as pax is Latin for peace, a crow feeding worms to a hungry stray kitten is surely animal for love. This miraculous story from the cable channel Pax of an unlikely interspecies friendship warms our hearts. In the video (if player fails to load click HERE to view), the older gentleman, Wallace, who along with his wife, Ann, witnessed and recorded this pairing surmises that this cat and bird must have met when each was too young "to know better." We wonder whether they were too young to know worse. Indeed, one lesson of this endearing real-life fable may be that a childlike, innocent outlook leads one to spread caring and nurturance around more liberally.
We also can't help noticing that this isn't a story of just two animals but of four, at least. Yes, a kitten eventually named Cassie, and her crow buddy and caretaker are the stars of the story, but the open-eyed, animal-loving humans who also show love and deliver nourishment play a touching role as well.
May we all learn, despite apparent differences, to play with and care for one another just as this adorable feathered and furred duo do. After all, as Wallace and Ann's veterinarian says, "If you are able to have trust in someone or something then everything is possible." And as Wallace himself astutely observes, "If a crow can take care of a kitten, it shows that two strangers meeting can get along with each other."
