A dove for special events

In 1991, The President sent one of his brilliant assistants to Madrid on a special mission...

The assistant had one mission: to find the best Dove...

The President repeatedly reminded him of the historical importance of the event and the Dove must be the best because she will be the pure symbol of  the greatest achievement of the century. She will be remembered in History for the rest of her life... Remember, told him the president, choose carefully!!! Everybody will be watching...

The assistant arrived to Madrid...he had already done his homework prior to arriving to the Spanish Capital...

He had contacted his people in the country...and they suggested he starts his search for the Dove in the Big Park...

The assistant spent more than a month interviewing the Doves at the Big Park...

Remember, told him the president, choose carefully!!!

After days and nights of searching...he found the perfect Dove...

A young Dove, who has been nurtured by her family...who lived in the Park for centuries...she is friends with other birds from other places and likes to share her food with other species in the Park...All the animals loved her and saw in her the perfect symbol of peace and love...

The assistant congratulated her on her new job and gave her the first task...to find the freshest olive branch...

Miss Dove was happy and excited, this was her dream job...she spent around one month looking for the perfect olive tree...she traveled around every corner in the country till she found the olive tree and took what she needed...

The assistant told her she has to travel to the United States for the photo shooting session....

She traveled to NYC and she did whatever she had to do...

The camera loved her...they got the best out of her...

The photo symbol was ready...

The assistant went to see the president: Mr President mission accomplished...

You can call on all parties in the Middle East for peace talks in Madrid...The Dove is ready...

The Dove could not believe her eyes...to see all these belligerents sitting around the table...and there she was on all TVs and magazines, and newspapers and buses...The Peace Dove...

What else would she want...she was the happiest dove on earth...

 In Oslo...even though it was freezing...she stood there proud with the best green olive branch...

In the White House on that lawn...she was flying high and high and high...

Then, she was invited to Israel, they told her there is a peace rally and Mr Rabin would love to have you as a  guest of honor... She did not hesitate...She was ready to go to all the capitals to fly high in their skies to promote peace...After all She was the Dove of Peace...

That November night in Israel...she will never forget...she was flying high when she got shot...

They took care of her...but things were never the same for her...

They offered her the best Park in NYC...she went living there hoping that she might change things...

But...the world had changed...

From time to time, they called her in for duty...but deep down she knew that was fake...

The feeling was not there...she was unable to fly high...

She wanted to retire...

and a few weeks ago, the old assistant visited her...he was asked from the new president to convince her to attend the meeting on September 2nd in Washington...

It will mean alot to the new president said the loyal assistant... I know how you feel and I know what you went through...but there are still people who believe in you...

For the last time, get back to the sky, go around the world to find the olive tree...Do what ever it pleases you but be there beside the president on that day..

Or else everybody will lose faith...You are the Hope...You are the Dove of Peace...

You have been shot...you have been dumped...you have been laughed at...you have become old...

But people still believe in you...and they still hope for the best when they see you...

Go... do what you do best...go fly high...

But is she going to come back this time or disappear in the sky?