The Pigeons in a certain dovecote were persecuted by a Kite, who every now and then swooped down and carried off one of their number. So they invited a Hawk into the dovecote to defend them against their enemy. But they soon repented of their folly: for the Hawk killed more of them in a day than the Kite had done in a year.
有一处鸽巢里的鸽子饱受一只鸢的迫害，这只鸢总是时不时地冲下来，夺去一些鸽子的性命。所以，鸽子便邀请了一只鹰来，帮助他们对抗仇敌。但他们很快便后悔自己的愚蠢：这只鹰杀死的鸽子比那只鸢要多得多。