Black Bird Press News & Review: HOW I WROTE FABLE OF THE BLACK BIRD, THE CLASSIC CHILDREN'S STORY OF THE 1960s Black Arts/Black Liberation Movement
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From all around they came to see him do tricks. The little bird knew a lot of tricks the master trained him to do. He was a good house pet. For days and days the black bird would sit in the cage looking at himself in the mirror. 'He is such a beautiful black bird," all the visitors said. ":Yes," the master said, "I have a good bird." To himself the master said, "This black fool has made me rich doing tricks and he's too dumb to fly away to freedom. What a stupid bird!"
From all around they came to see him do tricks. The little bird knew a lot of tricks the master trained him to do. He was a good house pet. For days and days the black bird would sit in the cage looking at himself in the mirror. 'He is such a beautiful black bird," all the visitors said. ":Yes," the master said, "I have a good bird." To himself the master said, "This black fool has made me rich doing tricks and he's too dumb to fly away to freedom. What a stupid bird!"