貓頭鷹是一種非常聰明的鳥。很久以前，第一隻貓頭鷹開始在森林裏紮根繁衍時，她召集起昕有的鳥類，對他們説：“你們看到這棵小樹了嗎？要是願意聽從我的建議，在它還沒長成大樹之前，就先毀掉它。因為當它長成參天大樹之後，就會出現槲寄生，繼而你們就等着被專門捕鳥的粘圈毀滅吧。”當亞麻種子第一次出現在森林裏時，她又對鳥兒們説：“去吃掉那些種子，因為這是亞麻種子，要是沒有亞麻，人類就無法織網來捕鳥了。”還有一次，當她第一次看到弓箭手時，就提醒鳥兒們注意這是它們的死敵，因為人們會用帶有鳥類羽毛的箭來射死鳥類。但是，鳥兒們並沒有將她的話放在心上，正相反，鳥兒們還嘲笑她是個瘋子。然而，當事宴正如貓頭鷹預言的那樣依次出現時，鳥兒們開始改變自己的思想了，並且大大佩服並讚賞描頭鷹的智慧。由此，只要貓頭鷹一出現，鳥兒們就會趨之若鶩，想聽到一些對自己有益的'忠言。不過，貓頭鷹已經不再提出忠告，而只是百無聊賴地坐在那裏，沉浸在自己心中的遐想之中。
【貓頭鷹和小鳥故事寓意】
看來看去這篇貓頭鷹和小鳥的寓言故事寓意最終也沒有明白一個非常清晰的寓意，難道是要告訴我們不要想貓頭鷹那樣驕傲，還是要告訴我們不要像小鳥那樣不停人勸告。
【貓頭鷹和小鳥英文版】
THE OWL AND THE BIRDS
The owl is a very wise bird；and once，long ago，when the first oak sprouted in the forest，she called all the other Birds together and said to them，“You see this tiny flee?If you take my advice，you will destroy it now when it is small：for when it grows big，the mistletoe will appear upon it，from which birdlime will be prepared for your destruction.”Again，when the first flax was sown，she said to them，“Go and eat up that seed，for it is the seed ofthe flax，out ofwhich men will one day make nets to catch you.”Once more，when she saw the first archer,she warned the Birds that he was their deadly enem—who would wing his arrows with their own feamers and shoot they took no notice of what she said：in fact，they thought she was rather mad，and laughed at heE thing turned Out as she had changed their minds and conceived a great respect fOr her e，whenever she appears，the Birds attend upon her in me hope of hearing something that may be fbr their veg gives them advice no sits moping and pondering on the folly ofher kind.
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