A small brown bird looked down from a tree and saw a Man straining beneath a heavy wooden cross. A crown of thorns encircled His head and cruelly pierced His skin. Moved by His suffering, the little bird followed along with the crowd surrounding the Man, and suddenly swooped down and pulled one of the thorns from the Man’s forehead. The Man lifted His eyes to the little bird and smiled a silent “thank you”. As the bird flew on, a drop of blood fell from the thorn and stained his breast a bright crimson. And since that day, the humble robin wears a symbol of his mercy for that suffering Man whose name is Jesus.