There once was a group of bees who's hives were in some low hanging trees. One day a member of the group came rushing back to the community of bees, devastated. He said, "There is a large and powerful elephant headed this way. The road he is on only comes through here. We are such a low hanging community, he will destroy us when he comes.
All the bees went into a panic, scrambling to get out of there. All but one! He said,"Calm down my friends. I will save the community. I will stop this elephant!" Stunned, the "leader" of the bees began to talk,"What, a mere bee, stop an elephant? Are you insane? We have no weapons to stop such a big and powerful animal! It can't be done!"
But the other bee confidently spoke up,"That is where you are wrong! I DO have a weapon! In fact I have at least TWO weapons. One: the BELIEF that I can beat him, and Two: My mind, my primary weapon!
With that, the would- be hero flew off to meet the challenge. Once he believed he could win- the hardest part for many- he knew finding a way would be easy.
He thought about the situation and remembered that the road the elephant was on NARROWED greatly at one point. He decided to make his stand there!
The bee got to the spot he envisioned and sure enough, the elephant had recently approached it and was carefully walking the narrow path. In fact, the path was actually the ledge of a cliff! The bee took aim with his stinger, flew right into the elephants eye! The elephant reared up, lost his balanced and fell off the road! The community was saved! The bee who thought he could, did!
(Since I wrote this I want to tell you guys that the elephant lived (so did the bee). It wasn't that much of a fall and someone left a pile of feathers right where he landed. I know, stupid. But, it IS my story, and I hate unhappy endings :-)
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