Loaf of bread

A loaf of bread fell from a bakery truck.

As it hit the pavement, a crumb broke off.

Three sparrows swooped down on the crumb and began fighting over it.

One bird finally succeeded in flying off with the crumb, the two others in close pursuit.

A series of frenzied arial maneuvers followed until the crumb was at last consumed by one of the birds.

The loaf of bread was untouched.
Only the crumb had seemed worth the fight.

If the birds had displayed more vision and less greed, they could have all been satisfied.

People, like birds, quarrel over trivialities.
In the heat of the struggle, life's bigger, more enriching prizes escape them.
You can get everything in life you want if you help enough other people get what they want

- ZigZiglar

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