Three Hundred Æsop's Fables/The Geese and the Cranes

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London: George Routledge and Sons, page 140

THE GEESE AND THE CRANES.

The Geese and the Cranes fed in the same meadow. A birdcatcher 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.