Aesop's Fables, Part 206 summary
Part 206 of 284 · 1 min to read the part
In The Farmer, His Boy, and the Rooks, a farmer protects his newly sown wheat by replacing his spoken request for a sling with a sound the birds do not recognize. His trick lets him strike several birds, and a fleeing rook warns cranes that men disguise their meaning.
What happens
- Rooks and starlings eat the farmer’s grain, but the starlings warn the rooks whenever he asks his boy for the sling.
- The farmer tells his boy to hand over the sling when he makes a different sound.
- The flock returns, ignores the new signal, and suffers several hits before escaping beyond reach.
- A fleeing rook tells some cranes that men conceal their meaning and that several birds die because of it.
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What to notice
The rook connects the deaths to the farmer’s concealed meaning. Its warning turns one encounter into a broader claim about men.
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Why do the birds fail to escape before the farmer uses his sling?
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