一些鶴經常去新播種的麥田裏覓食。在很長的一段時間，農夫隻是揮舞著一條鎖鏈，把鶴驚嚇走。後來，鶴漸漸發現，農夫的鎖鏈隻是在空中揮舞，而不會對他們造成任何傷害，於是他們再也不會逃跑了。看到了這些，農夫就在鎖鏈裏加了石頭，打死了很多鶴。幸存的鶴立刻逃離了農田，向夥伴們哭訴： “我們必須離開這個 ‘理想家園 ’了，因為農夫已經不滿足於隻是恐嚇我們，而是開始行動了！ ”
出其不意，攻其不備。
Some es made their feeding grounds on some ploith wheat. F time the Farmer，brandishiy slihem away by the terror he i when the birds found that the sling was only swuhey ceased to take a and would he Farmer，ohis，charged his sling with stones， a he remaining birds at once forsook his .elds， g to each other，“It is time for us to be off to Liliput: for this man is to scare us，but begins to show us i he do.”
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