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Aesop's Fables, translated by Laura Gibbs (2002)

194. THE DOVE AND THE CROW
Perry 202 (Chambry 302 *)

A dove who lived in a certain dovecote was boasting about the number of children she had given birth to. The crow heard her and said, 'Stop your bragging! The more children you have, the greater the slavery you bring into the world!'
The fable shows that the most unfortunate house slaves are the ones who give birth to children in captivity.

Source: Aesop's Fables. A new translation by Laura Gibbs. Oxford University Press (World's Classics): Oxford, 2002.
NOTE: New cover, with new ISBN, published in 2008; contents of book unchanged.