Fable
The Eagle and The Jackdaw
An Eagle, swooping down on powerful wings,
seized a lamb in her talons and made off with it to her nest. A Jackdaw saw the
deed, and his silly head was filled with the idea that he was big and strong
enough to do as the Eagle had done. So, with much rustling of feathers and a
fierce air, he came down swiftly on the back of a large Ram. But when he tried
to rise again, he found that he could not get away, for his claws were tangled
in the wool. And so far was he from carrying away the Ram, that the Ram hardly
noticed he was there.
The
Shepherd saw the fluttering Jackdaw and at once guessed what had happened.
Running up, he caught the bird and clipped its wings. That evening he gave the
Jackdaw to his children.
"What
a funny bird this is!" they said laughing, "what do you call it,
father?"
"That
is a Jackdaw, my children. But if you should ask him, he would say he is an
Eagle."
Moral
- Do not let your vanity make you overestimate your powers.
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