The Falcon's First Day on the Job: Beating Up the Boss

You Yun, a peregrine falcon about to join the ranks of the wage slaves, scratched his future boss the night before his first day at work. Unaware of this, You Yun enjoyed a happy routine of clocking in for work, then flying around after hours. Until one day, he returned to his nest and found a little white fluffball inside, loudly begging him for food. You Yun loved chicks, so he gladly took on the job of raising the little white fluffball. The fluffball was too small to be left alone, so You Yun had to take time off work often. Fortunately, the falcon he had scratched earlier held no grudge and even brought him prey, easing You Yun’s burden considerably. You Yun was happy to have the falcon help out. But why had the fellow suddenly started courting him? You Yun was horrified. You Yun firmly turned him down. Then he heard the falcon speak in the voice of his boss: “You Yun, come to my office on Monday.” * Recently, a family of peregrine falcons in China became an online sensation. It started when a content creator posted clips from the family’s livestream online. A young adoptive father, an adorable white fluffball, and a female falcon who joined them later and helped raise the chick formed an unusual yet legendary falcon family. As the white fluffball grew, the family gained more and more fans, who began hoping the falcon couple would have a white fluffball of their own. Then everyone started asking: Why is the female falcon bringing him prey? Why is the female falcon fixing up the nest? Why is the female falcon the one asking him out? Oh, that’s not a female falcon, it’s a male one. That makes sense… Wait, no, it doesn’t! The fans were on the verge of tears. They weren’t getting another white fluffball. But… why was this falcon couple kind of adorable together? Theme: Protect the environment and preserve the ecosystem.