在高高的橡樹上，夜鶯像往常一樣在放聲高歌。已經很久沒有吃東西的老雕在空中看到夜鶯後，就俯衝下來抓住了他。夜鶯知道自己命不久矣，就苦苦哀求老雕饒命。夜鶯說： “我現在還太小，都填不飽您的肚子。如果您餓極了，可以去捕捉那些大一些的鳥兒啊！ ”蒼鷹打斷他的話，反駁道： “如果我丟下已經到手的，而去冒險追求那些還沒見到的東西，那我才是真正沒有見識呢！ ”
不要為了得到更多遙不可及的東西而放棄到手的東西。
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A bird caught is better tha.