an eagle was once captured by a man, who immediately clipped his wings and put him into his poultry-yard with the other birds, at which treatment the eagle was weighed down with grief. later, another neighbor purchased him and allowed his feathers to grow again. the eagle took flight, and pouncing upon a hare, brought it at once as an offering to his benefactor. a fox, seeing this, exclaimed, "do not cultivate the favor of this man, but of your former owner, lest he should again hunt for you and deprive you a second time of your wings."

有个人抓到一只老鹰，马上就剪短了他的翅膀，把他关在自家院子里，和一群鸡生活在一起。【YY文轩】失去自由的老鹰，每天垂头丧气，拒绝进食，像是牢房里的囚犯。后来，一位邻居从老鹰主人的手里将他买去，他让老鹰翅膀自由生长，又精心为他疗伤。老鹰飞起来之后，抓到一只兔子，作为礼物送给新主人。狐狸看到后对老鹰说:“你最好不要把兔子送给你现在的主人，而该送给原先的主人，以免日后你再次被他抓住时仍把你的翅膀剪掉。”