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The first mention that we know of the Bluebird of Happiness is in a Nobel Prize winning play for young people written by Maurice Maeterlinck entitled L'Oiseau Bleu, written in the early 20th century. In an imaginary fairy-tale setting, the son and daughter of a modest woodcutter, Tyltyl and Mytyl, are sent out by a fairy to search all of the world for the Bluebird of Happiness. The children visit the ends of the earth; the Land of Memory, the Palace of Night, and the Kingdom of the Future. Only when Tyltyl and Mytyl return home do they discover that the Bluebird has been in their bird cage the whole time. Tyltyl gives the bird to a neighbor child who has been ill and 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. Happiness, as the moral of the story imparts, comes from seeking rather than from finding. Happiness comes from an unselfish life, without thought or motive of reward. Bluebirds, native to North America, Bermuda and near islands, continually sings a sweet and inviting song. We think of joy, togetherness, love and the freshness and promise of Spring. The Bluebird, as a simple and thoughtful gift, are given to remind us of good wishes for marriages, anniversaries and house warmings. The traditional Bluebird is known as the bird found close to home. Feel free to read more facts on the Sialia sialis .