089. THE PARTRIDGE AND THE COCKS. A certain man having taken a partridge, plucked some of the feathers out of its wings, and turned it into a little yard where he kept gamecocks. The cocks for a while made the poor bird lead a sad life, continually pecking and driving it away from the meat. This treatment was taken more unkindly, because offered to a stranger; and the partridge could not but conclude them the most inhospitable, uncivil people he had ever met with.
But at last observing how frequently they quarrelled and fought with each other, he comforted himself with this reflection: that it was no wonder they were cruel to him, since there was so much bickering and animosity among themselves. [more info]
But at last observing how frequently they quarrelled and fought with each other, he comforted himself with this reflection: that it was no wonder they were cruel to him, since there was so much bickering and animosity among themselves. [more info]
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