When you want to describe a stupid person, you call him/her 'the bird's brain'. This is how we perceive the birds as the stupid animal. The reason is simply because their brain is very small. However, this idiom does not apply on this yellow bird(refer to the bird in the picture below). Yet, its story will blow your mind.
Yellow bird, Jovan(小黄鸟，佐温)
This bird is called Jovan. It was bought over in 6 months ago. Being locked in the cage, served food and water every day without starvation, for a normal bird, it would be an ideal life. However, for this bird, this was not what it was looking forward. Adventurous life, to it, it matters little. Its objective was to have its control in its own life.
Then, it had a plan, a plan to escape from the cage. It noticed that the food and water were served through the two unlatched doors (note the red circle in the picture below). It knew, it had to grab the chance.
Empty cage(鸟去笼空)
Since that time, it practised extremely hard to use its head to lift up the unlatched door. Day by day, after thousand times, it was unable to escape as after the door was lifted up, it fell down. Now, it got two choices: to scrap the plan or to give up the freedom for life. Without compromise, it stuck to its aim. Month by month, he kept on practising. Now, it added an extra step. After lifting up the door, it stretched out its right wing a bit, to prevent the door from falling down again.
Guess what? After practising this act thousand times, it finally won its goal. It managed to get out from the cage! Now it should be celebrating and sharing its success with other birds.
Isn't it amazing? A creature that all along we regarded as 'stupid' now can perform something that beyond our expectation.
The same theory applies in learning (any subject). The only little difference here is: we are human, that creature is merely a bird. If a little bird can also achieve its goal by continuous practice and determination, so can we. What do you think?
翻译：
在英文里，当形容一个人'the bird's brain'时，是指那人很笨。这就是当时人们怎么看待鸟儿，都一律当它们是愚笨的动物。原因很简单，因为它们的头脑很小。不过，这句成语似乎无法在这黄鸟身上使用（看以上的鸟图）。反而，它的故事将会改变你的想法。
这小黄鸟叫佐温，它在6个月前被买过来。每天都有人自动给它送水和食物，对于一般的鸟来说，绝对是很理想的生活。不过对于佐温来说，这并不是它所向往的生活。它并不畏惧不安稳的生活，它的目标是要得到自由。
它拟定了计划，一个能令它逃生的计划。它注意到每天在给它喂水和食物时，是通过两道没上锁的门送过去的（看以上的笼子图）。因此它知道它必须把握这个唯一能达到它梦想的机会。
过后，它每天都刻苦耐劳地练习用头来顶开那道小门。一日复一日，经过几千次的尝试，它还是无法逃出去。原因是每次它把门顶开后，那门又滑落下来。当时它只有两个选择：取消计划或放弃自由。它没有妥协，仍然坚持信念，持之与恒。数月过后，它继续练习，不过现在它多加了一个步骤。在顶开门之后，用右翅向外稍伸，把门顶着不让它滑落下来。
果然，再经过数千次的锻炼，它终于成功逃出去！现在它也许在和其他鸟儿一起庆祝和分享它的喜悦。
是否难以置信？一种一直被人们歧视为极愚笨的动物也能突破自己，达到人们一般预料以外的事情。
其实同样的道理也能用于学习，只是有小小的分别：我们是人，人脑；它是鸟，鸟脑。既然一只小鸟都能以锲而不舍、永不言弃的精神来达到目标，我们也一样能办到。你认为呢？
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