Labourer and the NightingalesteemCreated with Sketch.

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A Labourer lay listening to a Nightingale's song throughout
the summer night.  So pleased was he with it that the next night
he set a trap for it and captured it.  "Now that I have caught
thee," he cried, "thou shalt always sing to me."

 "We Nightingales never sing in a cage." said the bird.

 "Then I'll eat thee." said the Labourer.  "I have always heard
say that a nightingale on toast is dainty morsel."

 "Nay, kill me not," said the Nightingale; "but let me free,
and I'll tell thee three things far better worth than my poor
body."  The Labourer let him loose, and he flew up to a branch of
a tree and said: "Never believe a captive's promise; that's one
thing.  Then again: Keep what you have.  And third piece of advice
is: Sorrow not over what is lost forever."  Then the song-bird
flew away.

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"Never believe a prisoner's promise, it's one
object. Then again: Save what you have. And the third advice
is: Grief is not for what is lost forever. "
A very valuable experience.
send regards for success.