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These stories provided by children's author Rick Walton's Online Library.
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The Farmer and the Cranes
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SOME CRANES made their feeding grounds on some plowlands newly sown with wheat. For a long time the Farmer, brandishing
an empty sling, chased them away by the terror he inspired; but when the birds found that the sling was only swung in
the air, they ceased to take any notice of it and would not move. The Farmer, on seeing this, charged his sling with
stones, and killed a great number. The remaining birds at once forsook his fields, crying to each other, "It is time
for us to be off to Liliput: for this man is no longer content to scare us, but begins to show us in earnest what he
can do."
If words suffice not, blows must follow.
(from Aesop's Fables, translated by George Townsend)
Picture Credits
Original bunny climbing rope picture by Paige Miglio (copyright 2000 ©) from One More Bunny authored by Rick Walton.
Original purple monster picture by Renee Williams-Andriani (copyright 1998 ©) from Really, Really Bad School Jokes authored by Rick Walton.
Original bullfrog seated picture by Chris McAllister (copyright 1999 ©) from Bullfrog Pops! authored by Rick Walton.
Electronic modifications by Ann Walton.
Last updated: September 27, 2003
