从前，有一个人捉住了一只鹰，随后便剪断了他的翅膀，放入鸡窝中与其它家禽一起饲养，鹰一直待在角落里暗自悲伤，看上去甚为沮丧和绝望。没过多久，捕获老鹰的那个人很高兴地将鹰卖给了一个邻居，邻居把鹰带回家后又帮他长出了新的翅膀。鹰飞出去抓住一只兔子，立刻带回家给恩人。一只狐狸看到后，便对老鹰说：“不要在他身上浪费你的猎物！把这份礼物送给以前捕获你的那个人，和他交个朋友，那么，或许他不会再次捕获你，并剪断你的翅膀。”
【鹰与捕鹰者的故事寓意】
出于伊索寓言的鹰与捕鹰者告诉了我们，为人要实在，不能做那种背信弃义的朋友，要懂得知恩图报，不能像故事中的狐狸那样狡诈。
【鹰与捕鹰者的英文版】
THE EAGLE AND HIS CAPTOR
A Man once caught an Eagle，and after clipping his wings turned him loose among the fowls in his hen-house，where he moped in a comer,looking very dejected and forlorn.After a while his Captor was glad enough to sell him to a neighbour,who took him home and let his wings grow again.As soon as he had recovered the use of them，the Eagle flew out and caught a hare，which he brought home and presented to his benefactor.A fox observed this，and said to the Eagle，“Don’t waste your gifts on him!Go and give them to the man who first caught you；make him your friend，and then perhaps he won’t catch you and clip your wings a second time.”
