It was dusk. The owls began to fly through the forest to find some prey.
A large hare leaped out on a clearing and began to smooth out his fur. An old owl looked at the hare, and seated himself on a branch; but a young owl said to him:
“Why do you not catch the hare?”
The old owl said:
“He is too much for me: if I get caught in him, he will drag me into the woods.”
But the young owl said:
“I will stick one claw into his body, and with the other I will clutch a tree.”