Prevod

(One should study original authors, not copyists and poor translators.) Hearing a Parrot speak, a Thrush wanted him, rather than a man, to be his teacher; and after just one attempt, he thought his pronunciation so clear that on certain occasions 5 he was already giving lessons to a Magpie. And so the Magpie became as skilled as anyone who devotes himself to study through copies and poor translations.