The Owl And The Owlet

The grizzled old owl, sat in a huge tree and told a young owlet, "Get away from me. You're too young To be of any use. Go find your mother, she's over in the spruce." The owlet said, "Hoo-hoo, hoot. That's far from here: Not to dispute." The wise old owl, with his old, owlly eyes, peered down at the youngster with a look very wise. He said, "Your mother will not be very happy with you. If you don't do what I advised you to do." Then the owlet looked up in a cynical glare. Obviously, he didn't care. "Hoo-hoo, hoot," he said again. The old grizzled owl looked back with chagrin. Finally, with an impatient huff, the old owl reflected, "Enough is enough!" And off to the air the elder owl flew and in hard pursuit went the little owl too, flying as fast as he possibly could, following the older owl through the wild wood. Finally, the grizzled owl arrived at the spruce with the owlet landing close by. Mother owl saw the young owl fly in and said with an audible sigh, "I knew you were plaguing your father again. You had to come home, the sun's in the sky." The little owl looked at his mother and said, "Hoo-hoo, hoot, but why?"