the pigeons of justice

There once was a little boy whose tongue was ripped out by pigeons.  Pigeon psychologists theorized that the attacking pigeons somehow related the boy and his tongue to their mothers and were possibly reminded of being fed worms from their mothers’ mouths when they were little.  This theory caught on and was widely believed because the little boy in fact looked rather pigeon like, especially in the face area, and therefore could have resembled a mother pigeon.  But the truth was that the little boy had interrupted the pigeons from scavenging old popcorn that had fallen to the ground.  He had seen the pigeons pecking at the stale popcorn pieces and rushed in scaring them away.  As if that was not enough, the little boy began pecking at the ground eating the popcorn himself and occasionally turning to the pigeons to stick his tongue out at them as an expression of his victory and evolutionary superiority, of which the little boy was very proud in comparison to the seemingly lowly state of the pigeons.  But the pigeons were proud too and could not let the little boy’s offensive gestures go without retribution.  Some might say their response was excessive, but those who knew the little boy felt justice was served and were relieved that they would never have to hear from the little boy again.