有只鴿子口渴得很難受，看見畫板上畫著一個水瓶，以為是真的。他立刻呼呼地猛飛過去，不料一頭碰撞在畫板上，折斷了翅膀，摔在地上，被人輕易地捉住了。

這故事說明，有些人想急于得到所需的東西，一時沖動，草率從事，就會身遭不幸。

A P1GEON，oppressed by excessivethirst，saw a goblet of water paintedon a signboard．Not supposing it tobe only a picture，she flew towards itwith a loud whir and HDWittinglydashed against the signboard，jarringherself terribly．Having broken herwings by the blOW，she fell to thegrourld，and was caught by orle of thebystanders．

Zeal shnllld not oHtrlln diseretion．