The story of the hummingbird

One day the great forest began to burn. All the animals fled in terror before the great fire. They ran to the edge of the water and cowered in fear. The tiny humming bird looked about and went to the water and sucked up as much as he could and flew to the fire and spit the water out onto the flames.

Back and forth he flew all day carrying drops of water while the other animals watched. Finally one of the animals said, “What are you doing tiny hummingbird? You are too small to make a difference.”

And the hummingbird replied, “I’m doing what I can. What are you doing?”