"Ah," answered the Capon, "if Falcons were called like Capons, to be run upon a
spit and set before the kitchen fire, they would be just as slow to come and just
as hard of hearing as I am now."
The Crow and the Pitcher
A Crow, ready to die with thirst, flew with joy to a Pitcher, hoping to find some
water in it.
He found some there, to be sure, but only a little drop at the bottom which he
was quite unable to reach.
He then tried to overturn the Pitcher, but it was too heavy. So he gathered up
some pebbles, with which the ground near was covered and, taking them one by
one in his beak, dropped them into the Pitcher.
By this means the water gradually reached the top, and he was enabled to drink
at his ease.
The Eagle and the Owl
The Eagle and the Owl, after many quarrels, swore that they would be fast
friends forever, and that they would never harm each other's children.
"But do you know my little ones?" said the Owl. "If you do not, I fear it will go
hard with them when you find them."
"Nay, then, I do not," replied the Eagle.
"The greater your loss," said the Owl; "They are the sweetest prettiest things in
the world. Such bright eyes! such charming plumage! such winning little ways!
You'll know them now from my description."