捕鳥人拿著粘鳥膠和捕鳥杆出門捕鳥。他看見一棵大樹上停著一隻畫眉鳥，就想把它抓住。他把手中的捕鳥杆調整到適合的長度，然後就聚精會神地盯著那隻畫眉。當他專心致誌地看著樹上時，根本沒有注意到腳旁，一不小心踩到了一條毒蛇。驚醒的毒蛇立即回過頭狠狠地咬了他一口。身中劇毒的捕鳥人在臨終前還自言自語： “我真是倒黴啊，隻顧專心捉鳥，卻不知不覺地踏入了死亡的陷阱。 ”
不要隻專注於一件事情，而不顧自己身邊其他的危險。
A F his bird-lime and his twigs，went out to catch birds. Seeing a thrush sitting upon a tree，he wished to take it，and .tting his ter length，wattly，having his whole thoughts directed towards the sky. While thus looking upwards，he unknowingly trod upon a Viper asleep just before his feet. The Viper，turning about，stung him，and falling into a swoon，the man said to himself，“Woe is me! that while I purposed to hunt another，I am myself fallehe sh.”
trate oo the ex of others at your own peril.