Here’s one of my favorite stories:

“A horseman was riding along a road, and far up ahead he sees something lying right smack in the middle of the road. So he gets off his horse, walks ahead and he realizes it’s a little sparrow, lying on its back, in the middle of the path with his little legs stuck up in the air. 

The horseman asks:  “Are you hurt little sparrow?”

The little sparrow says, “No.”

The rider asks, “Well then, what are you lying on your back like that for?”

The little bird says, “Well, I heard the sky is going to fall today.”

The horseman laughs:  “And you think you could hold up the whole sky with your spindly little legs?”

The little bird says, “We all do the best we can!”