The story is represented in a fable, were animals are given human personality in this case the kite refers to a black eagle, the mother tells his eaglet to hunt for food. When he returns he brings a duckling but before eating it, the mother asks what did the mother of the duckling say, at what he responds that nothing was said, mother eagle didn't accept because she said there was something eerie in the silence. So the baby eagle goes and hunts again and brings a chick, mother asked again what was the reaction of the mother, at what this time was said that the hen cursed, and shout at him, so it was arranged it could be eaten.
The message of this fable is to be afraid or careful toward people who don't speak because you don't know what they will say or react and leaves you indecisive of how to react and in mystery in return people who make a scandal, yell can be trusted as for many of the things they say you know how to react in each situation like when someone answers aggressively etc. They may not be the wisest but definitely they speak for their opinions.
An example in daily life, imagine when you did something bad and you don't nobody to know about it, but then someone comes with a serious face, immediately you feel shaky that this person might know what had happened, the suspense is killing you as he/ she will not speak. Contrasting this situation when a friend comes really mad and shouts at you, you will know how to react by answering back, defend yourself because you know beforehand what to do to whatever you are facing. Silence instead makes you think worse things than what was at the beginning of your thoughts.
Chinua Achebe. (1994). Chapter Fifteen . In: Reed consumers book Things Fall Apart. United States : Anchor Books. pg 138.
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