Finding That Elusive Blue Bird of Happiness!

In 1908, a play for children titled The Blue Bird was published by Maurice Maeterlinck. In its fairy-tale-like setting, Tyltyl and Mytyl, the son and daughter of a poor woodcutter, are sent out by the Fairy Bérylune to search the world for a bird that can supposedly bring happiness.

The children visit the Land of Memory, the Palace of Night, and the Kingdom of the Future (where they meet the soul of their as yet unborn little brother, who will not survive). To add to the action, the children have a magic diamond that enables them to communicate with inanimate objects and animals.

Only when Tyltyl and Mytyl return home do they discover that the Blue Bird has been in its cage all along. Tyltyl gives the bird to a neighbor child who has been ill but 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; from seeking and not necessarily from finding; and from acting unselfishly, without thought of reward.

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