Chicken and Salmon

Chicken lived in a village on the river bank,
Every day she happily laid one new egg.
She was fluffy, like a white downy cloud,
And she shared her happiness with the whole world.

Salmon raced along the river in endless swim,
He was fast and strong, like spring stream.
He swam up the river to the source of dreams,
To jump into the waterfall like a winner.




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One day Chicken saw Salmon in the river,
And she asked him: "Why are you swimming up the river?"
Salmon replied: "I'm moving towards my house,
Where my family and my children are waiting for me."

Chicken was surprised at such a strange plan
And she said: "But why are you swimming so far?
I just sit here and lay eggs every day,
And this is my role, my goal and my happiness."

Salmon smiled and answered her like this:
"Each of us has own path and own dream.
You bring joy with your eggs,
I go to my family to greet them with smile."

So Chicken and Salmon, very different, but somewhat similar,
Were able to understand that everyone has own purpose.
Usually animals in fables take the place of humans
To make everything much simpler and clearer,
But this time it turned quite opposite, didn’t it?




The original text was written by me in Russian. I haven't studied English systematically so the translation may not be ideal. The main work was done by Google Translate, I just corrected obvious absurdities, where I noticed them and where I did not confuse them with brilliant insights.