Allegory of the Eagle and the Bear with His Boots !

 

Allegory of the Eagle and the Bear with His Boots !

Fictional fable – any resemblance to current events is purely coincidental

This is the story of a bear. The kind of bear they still make these days—sturdy, rugged, minding his own business across a vast territory that keeps him and his family more than busy.

This bear lives peacefully in a cave with his family. He’s become a bit civilized: he wears boots. Every evening, before heading back to his den, he leaves them at the entrance—out of consideration for his tribe, so they don’t have to deal with the lingering stench of his woodland adventures.

But lately, every morning, just as he’s about to slip on his boots and set off to roam his domain, he discovers—horrified—someone has defecated inside them.

First puzzled, then enraged, he decides to stay up one night and keep watch. What he sees is beyond belief: a royal—no, imperial—eagle comes each night, under cover of darkness and silence, to crap in his boots.

Furious, the bear leaps one night and swats the eagle down with a well-aimed paw. He thinks that’s the end of it.

But no. The next day, it happens again. A new eagle. A fresh pile. Same response: one paw swipe.

And it keeps happening. Every night. A new eagle. A new insult. A new counterattack.

So the bear decides to put an end to it once and for all. He follows the trail and discovers that all these eagles come from a nest in a neighboring country. Without hesitation, he crosses the border and wrecks the nest.

But soon enough, another nest appears. And the eagles come back—more of them, bolder, and increasingly... soiled.

The bear is left with no choice: he sets up camp in that neighboring land. He can’t go home anymore. Because if he leaves, the eagles will return. And night after night, again and again, they’ll come to crap in his boots.

And yet... the bear longs to go home. He misses his land, his den waits for him, his mountains call to him. Back there, he had enough to do—and he was self-sufficient.

But the real question remains: When will he finally be able to go home?