鳥類和野獸相互爭鬥，雙方各有勝負。蝙蝠害怕爭鬥會危及自己，因此總是依附勝利的一方。當鳥類和野獸宣告停止爭鬥、和睦相處的時候，大家才看清了蝙蝠的本性，對他的欺騙行為感到非常氣憤。因此，蝙蝠遭到了雙方的譴責，被驅逐出日光之外。從此之後，蝙蝠白天就躲在黑暗的地方，隻有到了晚上才獨自出來活動。
兩麵三刀的人是不會有朋友的。
The Birds ith the Beasts，aurns the querors. A Bat，feariaihe .ght，always fought on the side which he felt was the stro. roclaimed， his deceitful duct arent to both batants. Theref ned by each for his treachery，he was driven forth from the light of day，ah cealed himself in dark hiding-plag always alo night.
He that ia hiher has no friends.