The Owl's Warning

There was an owl who understood the ways of bird-catchers, and she tried to warn the other birds. "Don't build your nests here," she said. "The bird-catcher is going to lay snares in this place, and you will get caught, and so will your young ones."
But the birds did not like the owl, and they did not listen to her.
Then, just as she had predicted, the hunter laid his snares, and the birds were caught.
Ever since then, the birds have been in awe of the owl, following her and hoping she will share her wisdom with them.

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Inspired by: Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists by Roger L'Estrange, 379.
Notes: This is Perry 437.

Here is an illustration by Arthur Rackham: