'What a pity it wouldn't stay!' sighed the Lory, as soon as it was quite out of sight; and an old Crab took the opportunity of saying to her daughter 'Ah, my dear! Let this be a lesson to you never to lose your temper!'
Un vieux crabe, profitant de l’occasion, dit à son fils : « Mon enfant, que cela vous serve de leçon, et vous apprenne à ne vous emporter jamais ! »