An eagle and a fox had lived
อาศัยtogether
รวมกันfor a long time
as good neighbors.
เพื่อนบ้านThe eagle's nest
was on topด้านบน
of a highสูงtreeต้นไม้
the fox's lair,ถ้ำat the foot of it.
One day, however, while the fox was away, the eagle
could not findพบ any
foodอาหาร
for her young ones.
So she swooped
โฉบ down and carried off one of the fox's
cubsลูกของสัตว์ to her
nest,รังนก thinking
that her loftyสูง
dwelling would
protectป้องกัน
her from the fox's revenge.
การแก้แค้น
when the fox returned
กลับคืน home and
pleaded ร้องขอferventlyแสดงความรู้สึก
for return of her young cub.
Since her entreaties
อ้อนวอน
were in vain,ไร้ประโยชน์
she ran to an altar
แท่นบูชา
in a neighboring
ใกล้เคียง
field and snatched
คว้า
a torchคบไฟ from the
fire that had been lit to sacrifice
การบวงสรวง a goat.
Then she returned to the tree and set it on fire.
The flamesเปลวไฟ
and smoke soon caused the eagle to worry
about her youngลูกๆ
ones and her own life
ชีวิต
as well, and she
returned the cub safe
ปลอดภัย and sound to his mother.