The Eagle And His Captor
An Eagle was once captured by a man, who immediately clipped his wings
and put him into his poultry-yard with the other birds, at which treatment
the Eagle was weighed down with grief. Later, another neighbor purchased
him and allowed his feathers to grow again. The Eagle took flight,
and pouncing upon a hare, brought it at once as an offering to his
benefactor. A Fox, seeing this, exclaimed, "Do not cultivate the favor
of this man, but of your former owner, lest he should again hunt for
you and deprive you a second time of your wings."
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