Correct the error of faulty parallelism in the following sentence. john's choice was either to rescue the bird or allowing it to fend for itself.

There are two possible revisions for this sentence. the first is: john's choice was either to rescue the bird or to allow it to fend for itself. the second is: john's choice was either rescuing the bird or allowing it to fend for itself. the verbs "rescue" and "allow" must appear in the same form. in order to be parallel, both verbs should either be both infinitives (as in "to rescue" or "to allow") or gerunds (as in "rescuing" or "allowing").