There was a timid blackbird who saw a kite flying in the air, shrieking and shouting as it flew.
As the blackbird quaked in fear, her friend the thrush offered her some advice. "Have no fear, my dear!" she said. "All that fluttering and screaming is nothing to worry about. The kite is after a little mouse or maybe a frog; that's all. The real danger for us the hawk."
"What does the hawk sound like?" asked the blackbird.
"That's the danger," said the thrush. "When the hawk attacks, it makes no sound at all."
Inspired by:
Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists by Roger L'Estrange, 409.
Notes: This fable is not part of the classical Aesop tradition; find out more here.
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