A Nightingale sitting on the top of a oak,
singing her evening song, was spied
by a
hungry Hawk, who swooped down and seized
her. The frightened Nightingale prayed the
Hawk to let her go.
"If you are hungry," said she, "why not
catch some large bird, I am not big enough
for even a luncheon."
"Do you happen to see many large birds
flying about?" said the Hawk.
"You are
the only bird I have seen to-day, and I should
be foolish indeed to let you go for the sake
of larger birds that are not in sight.
A
morsel is better than nothing."
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