Fable 6 - The Eagle with Clipped Wings and the Fox

One day a man caught an eagle. He clipped its wings and released it into his farmyard to live with the poultry. The eagle hung his
head in sorrow and refused to eat. One would have taken him for an imprisoned king.
But another man came along and bought the eagle. He lifted up the wing feathers and rubbed the place with myrrh so that they grew
again. The eagle soared upwards into the air once more and spotted a hare. He seized the hare in his talons and offered it
to the man as a gift.
A fox had seen all this and said to the eagle:
‘You shouldn’t give the hare to him. You should give it to your first master. The second master is naturally good. But you ought to give
a present to the first one to deter him from catching you and clipping your wings again.’

Thus, one should generously repay the favors of one’s benefactors and prudently keep out of the way of wicked people.