A FARMER placed nets on his newly-sown plowlands and caught a
number of Cranes, which came to pick up his seed.  With them he
trapped a Stork¹ that had fractured his leg in the net and was
earnestly beseeching² the Farmer to spare his life.  "Pray save
me, Master," he said, "and let me go free this once.  My broken
limb should excite your pity.  Besides, I am no Crane, I am a
Stork, a bird of excellent character; and see how I love and
slave for my father and mother.  Look too, at my feathers--
they are not the least like those of a Crane."   The Farmer
laughed aloud and said, "It may be all as you say, I only know
this:  I have taken you with these robbers, the Cranes, and you
must die in their company." 


Birds of a feather flock together.  

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