The Eagle and the Jackdaw-Ronda Wright

[ti:The Eagle and the Jackdaw] [ar:Joan Lakes] [al:Stories for Girls, Vol. 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Eagle and the Jackdaw - Ronda Wright [00:00.51]The Eagle and the Jackdaw [00:02.51] [00:03.78]An eagle [00:04.73]Swooping down on powerful wings [00:06.95]Seized a lamb in her talons and made off with it to her nest [00:11.36] [00:12.41]A jackdaw saw the deed [00:14.25]And his silly head was filled with the idea that [00:17.08]He was big and strong enough to do as the eagle had done [00:21.10]So with much rustling of feathers and a fierce air [00:25.20]He came down swiftly on the back of a large ram [00:28.78] [00:29.45]But when he tried to rise again he found that he could not get away [00:34.57]For his claws were tangled in the wool [00:37.16] [00:37.94]And so far was he from carrying away the ram [00:40.80]That the ram hardly noticed he was there [00:43.17] [00:44.24]The shepherd saw the fluttering jackdaw and at once guessed what had happened [00:49.64]Running up he caught the bird and clipped its wings [00:53.39]That evening he gave the jackdaw to his children [00:56.52] [00:57.60]What a funny bird this is [00:59.86]They said laughing what do you call it father [01:03.31] [01:04.18]That is a jackdaw my children [01:06.39]But if you should ask him he would say he is an eagle [01:10.31] [01:11.97]Do not let your vanity make you overestimate your powers