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vnmother bird was very distressed.
She cried and shrieked more loudly
than ever.
Suddenly, while all this was going
on, the Prophet [s] returned. He saw
the mother bird flying round and
round and heard her crying. At
once, he realised that she was very
unhappy and when he saw his com
panions holding the little birds he
knew what had caused her unhappi-
ness.
“Who has caused trouble to this
sparrow by taking away her young
ones?” the Prophet [s] wanted to
know. “The little birds must be
released,” he told his friends. They
had to be allowed to join their moth-
er, who was frightened for their
safety.
The Prophet’s [s] Companions
obeyed him at once. They opened