Fly Away - Please
© 1999 Don Rogers
The plan of the teacher was to add to the lesson on Pentecost by moving the class out doors and releasing a dove.
The first problem was that there was only one dove to be found in town and it was not a healthy bird. Undeterred, the teacher bought the dove and took it home to bring it to health.
The second problem was that the teacher was not accustomed to caring for a bird and the bird got worse. But that problem was solved with some good advice from others and the dove got healthy.
The third problem was that the dove was reluctant to leave its cage and quite uninterested in flying around during a whole series of in-door rehearsals.
The fourth problem was sort of a relief. On the day of the planned out door lesson a terrible thunderstorm foiled the whole dramatic moment.
The fifth problem, one resolved only much much later, was who wants a dove? Anyone?