The Geese and The Cranes
Aesop | Greece
Geese and cranes coexisted peacefully in a meadow until hunters arrived; the agile cranes escaped, while the slower geese were captured.
In a large open field, geese and cranes lived together, sharing the space happily.
One sunny day, while they were all in the field eating, there was a loud noise. Hunters had come to catch birds for food.
The cranes, with their long legs and light bodies, quickly flew up into the sky. They escaped easily and found safety far away.
But the geese, which were bigger and slower, had trouble flying away. They flapped their wings hard but couldn't escape fast enough. One by one, the hunters caught them, while the cranes watched safely from a distance.
In the end, the geese were caught, but the cranes were safe. Even though they lived in the same field and ate the same food, their fates were very different.
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