There was a boy who had a baby hawk in his hand
and wanted to play a trick on an old man.

The boy says to himself: “I’m going to go up
to that old man and ask him if the bird in my
hands is dead or alive. If the man says the
bird is alive, I will crush it, open my hands and
say ‘ahh, the bird is dead.’ If the man says the
bird is dead, I will open my hands and let it fly
away.” The boy goes up to the old man and says,
“Mister, I have a bird in my hands.
Is this bird dead or alive?”
The old man looks at the boy's hands for a moment
and then slowly raises his eyes.

“Son,” the man says staring into the boy’s eyes,
“The bird is in your hands. Whatever
you decide to do with it, will
determine its fate.”

Moral of the Story:
The bird in this story represents
the future. Like the boy with the bird,
your future is in your hands. As the boy
will decide the fate of the bird, the students
too must decide the fate of their future.
They can either crush it and let it die, or,
for those willing to work hard,
let it go to fly as high as it wants.

It’s up to them.

“The bird is in your hands.”