90 The Eagle and the Arrow(2016. 05. 30)

An eagle was soaring through the air when suddenly it heard the whizz of an arrow, and felt itself wounded to death. Slowly it fluttered down to the earth, with its life-blood pouring out of it. 

Looking down upon the arrow with which it had been pierced. It found that the shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of its own plumes. 

"Alas!" it cried, as it died,

"We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction."

soaring: 하늘높이 날다

whizz: 윙위하고 소리나다

flutter: 펄럭이다, 퍼덕거리다, 날개치다

pouring: 흘리다, 붓다, 쏟다

pierced: 구멍이 뚫린

shaft: 화살대, 화살, 창

feathered: 깃털이 난; 깃을 단

plumes: 깃털

alas: 아아 슬프도다!