[ WP ] Birds are a common symbol of freedom in Human culture . Humans are a common symbol in Bird culture , but for something different .

It was the last week of cardinal school, and we were all learning about how to avoid predators. I thought I knew how to avoid all the predators. I knew how to hide from hawks, I knew how to fly away from cats, but it turns out there is still one more predator. The most dangerous of all predators. 
 
 Humans. 
 
 Our teacher taught us about how humans act, about how they murder innocent birds, about how they destroy trees, and how they use those trees to make their homes. I was astonished to learn that it took multiple trees to make one human house, while one tree could hold several of out nest. Our teacher told us to stay far away from humans, and a special call to sing when we them. 
 
 But most importantly, she taught us of a special warning sign to look out for. It was a picture of a human, holding a tree in one featherless wing, and a dozen dead birds in the other. It was a warning sign that sent shivers thorough my hollow bones and made my feathers stand up straight. When school let out, I flew straight to my home, and hoped that I could sleep off that horrid symbol. But when I flew to our nest sight, there was no tree. Only a human. 

