The hawk befriends the tortoise, the osprey and the lion and they come to his aid when his fledglings are threatened.; A crow makes friends with a pigeon in order to steal food from the kitchen.; A man is reborn as a swan with golden feathers. He flies to his widow and gives her a feather a day to help her. Not content, she plucks all his feathers and as a result he becomes an ordinary swan.; The general crow gets himself captured in order to get the food his queen desires.; A bird finds a trade route with carts loaded with grain. He keeps it himself and is run over by one of the carts.