An eagle sat perched on a lofty rock, keeping a sharp look-out for prey1. A huntsman, concealed2 in a cleft3（裂縫） of the mountain and on the watch for（密切注意著） game（獵物）, spied him there and shot an arrow at him. The shaft4 struck him full in the breast and pierced him through and through. As he lay in the agonies of death, he turned his eyes upon the arrow. "Ah! Cruel fate!" he cried, "that I should perish thus: but oh! Fate more cruel still, that the arrow which kills me should be winged with an eagle's feathers!"