The Geese and the Cranes

by Aesop

The Geese, being slower of flight and heavier in their bodies, were captured.

THE GEESE and the cranes fed in the same meadow. A bird-catcher came to ensnare them in his nets. The Cranes, being light of wing, fled away at his approach; while the Geese, being slower of flight and heavier in their bodies, were captured.

Moral:
Those who are caught are not always the most guilty.

Source:

Aesop's Fables
Copyright 1881
Translator: unknown
WM. L. Allison, New York
Illustrator: Harrison Weir, John Tenniel, Ernest Griset, et.al.
 

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