[Illustration: THE GEESE AND THE CRANES.]
A flock of Geese and a parcel of Cranes used often to feed together in a
corn field. At last the owner of the corn, with his servants, coming
upon them of a sudden, surprised them in the very fact; and the geese,
being heavy, fat, full-bodied creatures, were most of them sufferers;
but the Cranes, being thin and light, easily flew away.