NOTE: 114

...[he] provideth for their necessary wants, keepeth a cheerful heart, and honoureth [them]; and he himself, through the blessing of his parents, findeth success and good fortune. For this compassionate bird taketh up its aged parent upon its shoulders, and in this manner carrieth [it] about. Wherefore the wise Sirach saith: "Honour thy father, that his blessing may flourish upon thee" (Sirach 3:8). 14. From the hen one learneth to be loving unto children, whereby one tendeth to [one’s] children and household with love and compassion; he eateth little himself and filleth them; he weareth old [raiment] himself and striveth to clothe them in new; he setteth forth that which is useful and profitable, and doth caution and preserve [them] from all evil and harmful things. For this domestic fowl, as we daily behold, is compassionate toward its chicks; it careth for them more than for itself. When it findeth food, it calleth its chicks and satisfieth them more than itself; when it seeth the kite (the *chaylakh*), straightway [it gathereth] the chicks...