A farmer’s corn was destroyed by the cranes that fed in his
field. Greatly annoyed, he declared that he would find a way
out of the trouble. A net was set in which the cranes were
snared. There was also a beautiful stork among them who had
been visiting with the cranes, and had come to them from a
neighboring roof.
“Spare me,” plead the stork. “I am innocent; indeed I am. I
never touched any of your belongings.”
“That may be true,” answered the farmer; “but I find you among
them and I judge you accordingly.”
The only safe way is to keep out of bad company.
(492)
=Comparative Religion=--See CHRISTIANITY SUPERIOR.