The dove and the crow

A dove shut up in a cage was boasting of the large number of the young ones which she had hatched. A crow, hearing her, said: “My good friend, cease from this unreasonable boasting. The larger the number of your family, the greater your cause of sorrow, in seeing them shut up in this prison-house.” […]

A dove shut up in a cage was boasting of the large number of the young ones which she had hatched. A crow, hearing her, said: “My good friend, cease from this unreasonable boasting. The larger the number of your family, the greater your cause of sorrow, in seeing them shut up in this prison-house.”
Moral: To enjoy our blessings we must have freedom.