Cranes, Geese, and Stork

08. THE HUSBANDMAN AND THE STORK.
A Husbandman whose new-sown corn,
Away by Cranes and Geese was torn,
A snare to trap the plunderers set,
And caught the robbers in a net.
A silly Stork among the rest,
Caught in the act, was sore distressed,
And pleaded he might not be slain
As he was neither Goose nor Crane.
"That may be true," the Farmer cried,
"But you are found with thieves allied;
Repentance comes a day too late, --
You all must share a common fate.
EVIL COMMUNICATIONS CORRUPT GOOD MANNERS
MEN ARE JUDGED BY THE COMPANY THEY KEEP
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