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Title: The Hawk And The Nightingale Author: Aesop (author of Aesop's Fables) [More Titles by Aesop (author of Aesop's Fables)] A Nightingale, sitting aloft upon an oak, was seen by a Hawk, who made a swoop down, and seized him. The Nightingale earnestly besought the Hawk to let him go, saying that he was not big enough to satisfy the hunger of a Hawk, who ought to pursue the larger birds. The Hawk said: "I should indeed have lost my senses if I should let go food ready to my hand, for the sake of pursuing birds which are not yet even within sight." A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |