The Contract Maker

It's a warm overcast day in Philadelphia,PA USA. I,Flash Mc Cool,hoboclown detective, spent the last two days pondering a legal matter for a young attorney. You see,there were two contracts that appeared to be the same but were being upheld and enforced differently by the local municipality.As the matter was an open civil case,the young lawyer decided to petition a judge to do a plain reading of one contract.After I investigated the case a bit,I suggested that the
attorney petition the judge to rule on the difference (if any) between the two contracts.This morning,at my usual spot in the woods to board the train, a stillness in the air rattled my awareness.I turned around and looked toward the trees.In the eerie calm there were two slight movements.One was a beautiful blue cardinal perched on a branch. The other was a vermilion cardinal nervously twitching on a branch several feet away. As I turned my gaze to savor their manificence,both flew off to an apparent safety zone atop higher tree limbs. Although of a different color plumage,they were functionally equivalent. Both were skillfully crafted, artfully adorned and obviously protected by their Maker, who enabled them to whisk away to safety from my visual and discerning scrutiny. The insight came to me. These were the live manifestations of the two bothersome contracts that have eluded me for the past two days! I concluded that both contracts are functional; do what they are intended to do and are equally protected by the Contract Maker. Later this morning, I will telephone the young attorney to advise her that everything will be fine !