There are several connexions between this Fable and the previous one, The Preaching of The Swallow, and the most obvious of these is that a net features in both. This net is an ideal model of Henryson's symbolism, methods and intentions . Compare the net in the Preiching with the net in this Fable; who made each net, and for what purpose? And, above all, who was caught? Answering this last question will explain why Henryson tells this tale in a form quite different from that which he uses in all the other Fables.