**The Early Worm** — a parable about ambition, control, and the cost of always trying to get ahead.
We’re taught from the beginning:
*the early bird gets the worm.*
Work harder. Move faster. Get there first.
But what if the proverb was incomplete?
**Early Worm** flips the old saying inside out.
One worm spends his life chasing control—grades, money, status, power.
The other learns to live in rhythm with life—present, content, grounded.
When the flood comes and the sky fills with birds, one discovers too late:
**the early worm gets the bird.**
A dark animated fable from Static Bloom
