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14     She is different from other birds,
        for she lays her eggs straight on the ground,
        and she incubates them in the bare dust.
15     She forgets that a foot might crush them
        or a wild animal trample them.
16     She is harsh to her young, as if they were not even hers.
        She is unconcerned at the futility of her labor,

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14 She lays her eggs on the ground
    and lets them warm in the sand,
15 unmindful that a foot may crush them,
    that some wild animal may trample them.(A)
16 She treats her young harshly,(B) as if they were not hers;
    she cares not that her labor was in vain,

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