The Blind Brother-in-law

Once upon a time many years ago in the here and now, in a far away land that’s just next door, a man married a woman whose brother was blind. One day, the new brothers-in-law set off on a hunting trip. Not being familiar with the skills of the blind our man was amazed at the blind man’s ability to sense a bird here, smell water and hear a group of warthogs before they came dangerously close.

Later that day they set two traps. Our man carefully camouflaged his own trap with twigs and leaves, but left his blind brother-in-law’s trap exposed. “He can’t see anyway,” he thought to himself.

The next day, when they checked the traps, our man saw in his own trap a small brown bird. In his brother-in-law’s trap was a bird the colour of the rainbow whose feathers would make his new wife gasp with joy. As he opened the traps, he switched the birds and handed the small brown bird to his brother-in-law, who touched the bird and carefully put it in his pouch.

Later, on the walk home, they were discussing an argument between neighbours and our man, impressed with the wisdom of his blind brother-in-law, asked, “Why do people fight?” The blind man answered, “Because they do what you have just done to me.”

Our man was ashamed. He took the coloured bird from his pouch and gave it to his brother-in-law. “I am sorry, brother” he said.

They walked in silence for a while and then he said, “How do people become friends again?” His brother-in-law smiled and said, “They do what you have just done to me.”

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