A monkey once sat on a tree, shivering with cold, as rain was falling,
and a little bird sat in its nest on the same tree; and, as it sat,
it looked at the monkey and wondered why a creature with hands and
feet like a man should shiver in the cold, while a small bird rested
in comfort.
At last it expressed its thought to the monkey, who replied: "I have
not strength to build myself a house, but I have strength to destroy
yours," and with that he pulled to pieces the poor little bird's nest,
and turned it out with its young.