"Hey Chi Chi Sparrow, where are you? I've been searching for you in the fields for so long," Momi Sparrow knocked on her door.
"Is everything alright, Momi?" Chi Chi asked as she opened the door to find her friend panting, with her two tiny chicks by her side.
"Do you remember I told you we'd go to eat pine nuts this evening?" Momi said, walking in.
"Oh yes, I remember now. Wait a moment, and I'll get 'Cho Cho' ready." Chi Chi smiled and began dressing Cho Cho, the sparrow chick, in warm clothes and placed a cap on his head.
"Momi, it's very cold outside. You should have dressed the children in warm clothes too. They will catch a cold," Chi Chi said, looking at Momi's children, as they were wearing neither caps nor woolen outfits.
"It doesn't matter, we have to return quickly anyway," Momi said, ignoring her advice, and then they both set out from the house with their children. A short while later, they arrived at the pine nut trees. The children were very happy, but Momi's children felt very cold and were trying to cuddle into their mother's wings. They were shivering from the cold. Cho Cho was happily eating pine nuts that his mother was shelling and giving to him. Momi's children were being very difficult; they didn't have the habit of eating by themselves. Momi began scolding them to eat on their own, but they were stubborn and experts at fighting amongst themselves. They started hitting each other, but Momi neither stopped nor advised them against it. Chi Chi felt it was very strange that she was spoiling her children herself.
"Mama! We will also go to see a cartoon movie on the way back," Momi's children started shouting.
"Yes, yes, we will go. Chi Chi, will you come with us too?" Momi asked.
"No Momi, you know Cho Cho is fond of reading books. He loves to read storybooks. That's why we both are going to buy some books today," she replied. Upon hearing this, Momi made a face and said, "You're going to turn him into a bookworm. Let him enjoy life too."
"Momi Auntie! I have learned a lot from books. Books have told me to obey my mother and respect elders," Cho Cho said sensibly.
"Momi! You should teach them to read well too. They behave rudely to you and don't speak to each other politely either," Chi Chi said.
"I like Tomo very much. How he jumps and hits his friends, and once he even jumped and made his dad fall down," one of Momi's children said, laughing.
"Son! Who is this Tomo?" Chi Chi asked, and he replied, "DD cartoons come on; Tomo is the hero in them."
"And I like Demo. He gets so absorbed in his game that he can't hear his mother's voice," Momi's other child also told, laughing loudly.
"Oh Momi, what kind of training are you giving your children? What type of things are you attracting them toward?" Chi Chi looked at her friend sorrowfully. Momi too looked ashamed hearing such words from her children's mouths.
"Chi Chi, what can I do? The children watch this with great interest," Momi said, worried.
"Children must watch, but show them something from which they can learn well. Good cartoons can also be seen, but you just have to work a little to find good things and give them to watch," Chi Chi said, and Momi nodded, thinking.
"Today we all will buy books, and Cho Cho will tell everyone a story. Isn't it, Cho Cho?" Chi Chi asked, looking at everyone.
"Yes Mama, I know many good stories," he said happily. After that, Momi persuaded her children to go to the book stall. Seeing lovely storybooks, the interest was also aroused in the hearts of Momi Sparrow's children. They started looking at books with interest and also got ready to listen to the story from Cho Cho. Chi Chi Sparrow smiled and looked towards Momi as if saying parents only can turn their children's direction toward useful knowledge.