A PEASANT found an Eagle captured in a trap, and much admiring the bird, set him free. —
一个农民发现一只被困在陷阱中的鹰，对这只鸟非常钦佩，于是将它释放了。 —

The Eagle did not prove ungrateful to his deliverer, for seeing the Peasant sitting under a wall which was not safe, he flew toward him and with his talons snatched a bundle from his head. —
鹰并没有对救他的人忘恩负义，因为它看到农民坐在一堵不牢固的墙下，飞向他并用爪子从他头上抓住一个包裹。 —

When the Peasant rose in pursuit, the Eagle let the bundle fall again. —
当农民起身追赶时，鹰又放下了那个包裹。 —

Taking it up, the man returned to the same place, to find that the wall under which he had been sitting had fallen to pieces; —
农民拾起包裹，回到原地发现他曾坐在的那堵墙已经倒塌了。 —

and he marveled at the service rendered him by the Eagle.
他惊叹于鹰给他提供的帮助。