A PEASANT found an Eagle captured in a trap, and much admiring

　　the bird, set him free. The Eagle did not prove ungrateful to

　　his deliverer, for seeing the Peasant sitting under a wall which

　　was not safe, he flew toward him and with his talons1 snatched a

　　bundle from his head. When the Peasant rose in pursuit, the

　　Eagle let the bundle fall again. Taking it up, the man returned

　　to the same place, to find that the wall under which he had been

　　sitting had fallen to pieces; and he marveled at the service

　　rendered him by the Eagle.