Fables of the Talmud and the Midrash

Preliminary Study, Selection, and Notes: Manes Kogan
Design and Illustrations: Marcelo Ferder
English Translation: Sandy Berkofsky-Santana

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Fable 24: The Bird and Its Cage

A bird was confined to its cage. Another bird came and said, “You must be so happy to have all your food given to you without having to look for it!”

The confined bird replied, “How pitiful you are! You see my food, but you cannot see the bars on my cage.”

-- Ecclesiastes Rabbah 11:9