"War & the small nations" 


Once, high above a pasture, where a sheep and a lamb were grazing, an eagle was circling
and gazing hungrily 
down upon the lamb. And as he was about to descend and seize his prey, another eagle
appeared and hovered above 
the sheep and her young with the same hungry intent. Then the two rivals began to fight,
filling the sky with their 
fierce cries. 

The sheep looked up and was much astonished. She turned to the lamb and said: 

"How strange, my child, that these two noble birds should attack one another. Is not the vast
sky large enough for 
both of them? Pray, my little one, pray in your heart that God may make peace between your
winged brothers." 
And the lamb prayed in his heart.