The Eagle with Clipped Wings and the Fox

A man caught an eagle, clipped its wings, and turned it loose in his poultry yard to live among the hens; the bird hung its head and would not eat, like a king in captivity. Another man bought it, coaxed its flight feathers to grow back by anointing them, and the eagle, soaring once more, caught a hare and brought it to him as a gift. A fox, seeing this, said, "Don't give it to him, give it to your first master; the second is kind by nature anyway. Win over the first, so that he never catches you and clips your wings again."