|A Jackdaw once looked into a dove-cote, and saw the Doves well fed and
cared for; so he went away and daubed himself white, and then came back
to make himself one of them. As long as he kept quiet they let him stay,
thinking he was a Dove. But as soon as he opened his mouth to sing, they
found out who he was, and drove him out of the dove-cote.
He, poor fellow, now went back to the Jackdaws. But they did not know
him on account of his white coat, and would not let him join them.
And so, for wanting to get into two companies, he missed both.
This fable teaches that it is best for us to be content with our own
kind. The greedy not only miss what they seek, but often lose what they
have.