一天，黃蜂和鵪鶉渴得要命，看到一位農夫，就懇求他施舍一些水。鵪鶉許諾給農夫的葡萄園鬆土，讓葡萄長得更好。黃蜂則答應為農夫看管果園，用身上的刺來驅趕偷果實的賊。誰知農夫並不領情，對他們說： “我有兩頭牛，他們並沒有向我允諾什麼，卻一直默默地為我工作，我還是把水給他們喝更好。 ”
這則寓言針對那些忘恩負義、不通情達理的人。
The artridges，overe with thirst，er a him to give them some water to drink. They promised amply to repay him the favor which they asked. The Partridges declared that they would dig around his vines ahem prrapes. The s said that they would keep guard ahieves with their stings. But the Farmer ihem，saying，“I have already tithout making any promises，do all these things. It is surely better five the water to them than to you.”
This fable is appropriate for a man who is ungrateful.