'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!' 'Hold your tongue, Ma!' said the young Crab, a little snappishly. 'You're enough to try the patience of an oyster!'
La Loro malkontente diris: "Estas domaĝo ke ĝi ne volis reveni," unu maljuna krabino profitis la okazon por diri al la filino: "Ha, mia kara, tio estu por vi solena averto por ke neniam vi perdu la bonhumoron," kaj la malrespekta krabido akre respondis: "Vi fermu la buŝon, panjo; vi ja difektus la paciencon eĉ al ostro."