Owl and Nightingale

There was once a nightingale, in a cage by a window, who was in the habit of singing only at night. An owl was puzzled by this and went to ask the nightingale what the reason was.

`When I was captured," explained the nightingale, `it was day and I was singing. In this way I learnt to be more prudent to sing only at night.`

`Are you afraid, you might be captured a second time?` asked the baffled owl. `It would have been better if you had been more careful the first time when your freedom was at risk. Now it doesn`t really matter anymore!`