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The first mention that we know of the Bluebird of
Happiness is in a Nobel Prize winning play for young people written by
Maurice Maeterlinck entitled L'Oiseau Bleu, written in the early 20th
century. In an imaginary fairy-tale setting, the son and daughter of a
modest woodcutter, Tyltyl and Mytyl, are sent out by a fairy to search all
of the world for the Bluebird of Happiness.
The children visit the ends of the earth; the Land
of Memory, the Palace of Night, and the Kingdom of the Future. Only when
Tyltyl and Mytyl return home do they discover that the Bluebird has been
in their bird cage the whole time. Tyltyl gives the bird to a neighbor
child who has been ill and the bird flies away. True happiness, the
children learn, is usually found close to home. It comes from making the
journey, not from reaching the destination. Happiness, as the moral of the
story imparts, comes from seeking rather than from finding. Happiness
comes from an unselfish life, without thought or motive of reward.
The Bluebird of Happiness story was made into a
Shirley Temple movie in 1940. In 1975 a elaborate remake of the movie was
made and released in 1976, which was the first co-produced film by the
United States and the Soviet Union.
Bluebirds, native to North America, Bermuda and near islands, continually
sings a sweet
and inviting song. We think of joy, togetherness, love and the freshness
and promise of Spring. The Bluebird, as a simple and thoughtful gift, are
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