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.
