A _Hen_ and a _Swallow_.
There was a Foolish _Hen_ that sat Brooding upon a Nest of _Snakes Eggs_.
A _Swallow_, that Observ’d it, went and told her the Danger on’t. Little
do you think, says she, what you are at this Instant a Doing, and that
You are just now Hatching Your Own Destruction; for This Good Office will
be your Ruine.
The MORAL.
_’Tis the Hard Fortune of many a Good Natur’d Man to_ breed up a Bird to
Pick out his Own Eyes, _in despite of All Cautions to the Contrary_.