Manvotional: Aesop's Fables: The Farmer and The Stork
Manvotional: Aesop's Fables: The Farmer and The Stork
Manvotional: Aesop's Fables: The Farmer and The Stork
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Aesop’s fables might seem like “kid’s stuff,” and certainly their short nature and anthropomorphic
characters make them an easy read for the younger set. But reading through a book of them
recently I was delighted by the quick kick in the pants they provide; their short, pithy messages
can assuredly be appreciated by men as well as lads. While a few of Aesop’s fables have
become famous the world over, there are literally hundreds more out there. Here are just a few
of my new favorites.
The Farmer and the Stork
A Farmer placed nets on his newly sown plough lands, and caught a quantity of Cranes, which
came to pick up his seed. With them he trapped a Stork also. The Stork having his leg fractured
by the net, earnestly besought 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 to 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.”
Some men are of more consequence in their own eyes than in the eyes of their neighbors.
A Boy bathing in a river was in danger of being
drowned. He called out to a traveler, passing by, for help. The traveler, instead of holding out a
helping hand, stood up unconcernedly, and scolded the boy for his imprudence. “Oh, sir!” cried
the youth, “pray help me now, and scold me afterwards.”
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