THE FARMER AND THE STORK

 

Finding that cranes were destroying his newly sown corn, a farmer one evening set a net 

in his field to catch the destructive birds.

When he went to examine the net next morning he found a number of cranes and also a stork.

 

“Release me, I beseech you,” cried the stork, “for I have eaten none of your corn, nor have

I done you any harm. I am a poor innocent stork, as you may see - a most dutiful bird, 

I honor my father and mother. I...”

 

 

But the farmer cut him short. “All this may be true enough, I dare say, but I have caught 

you with those were destroying my crops, and you must suffer with the company in 

which you are found.”

 

People are judged by the company they keep.