A domesticated bird once said to the wild bird: ‘If you have wings, do not I also have wings?

If you are air-borne, I am also air-borne. If you are free I am also not a prisoner.

All winged creatures are characterized by flight: Why then are wild birds inclined to be arrogant!’

As the wild bird’s self-respect became wounded; he spoke thus on hearing this heart-rending talk:

‘There is no doubt you also are free for flight. But, the limit of your flight is only up to the wall.

Are you unacquainted with the courage of the wild birds? You live on the dust; they are concerned with the sky.

You are a household bird; you seek food in the dust. We strike the star with our beak in search of the grain.’