Three Hundred Æsop's Fables/The Thrush and the Fowler
THE THRUSH AND THE FOWLER.
A Thrush was feeding on a myrtle-tree, and did not move from it, on account of the deliciousness of its berries. A Fowler observing her staying so long in one spot, having well birdlimed his reeds, caught her. The Thrush, being at the point of death, exclaimed, "O foolish creature that I am! For the sake of a little pleasant food have deprived myself of my life."