一隻被關在籠子裏的鴿子不斷地吹噓自己養育了這麼多孩子,是多麼勞苦功高。烏鴉正好飛過,聽到了他的話就對他說: “我的好朋友,您不要再吹牛了。你的家族成員越多,你應該感到更加悲哀才是啊!因為這意味著將有更多的成員失去自由,被關在這牢房一樣的籠子裏啊! ”
養育很多孩子是一件幸福的事情,如果他們其中的幾個非常出色,那將是更大的幸福。
A Dove shut up in a cage was boasting e number of young ones which she had hatched. A Cr her,said,“My good friehis unseasoihe number of your family,the greater your cause of sorrow,ihem shut up in this prison-house.”
Many are a great blessing;but a few goreater.