Winter’s not gone yet, if the wild geese fly that way.
– William Shakespeare
King Lear, Act 2, Scene 4. Speaking to Lear, the Fool points to the flight patterns of the wild geese, as a sign from nature that there’s bad weather to come. He is referring to the behavior of Regan and Cornwall in putting the King’s messenger Kent in the stocks. The Fool is foreshadowing more more cruelty to come in the upcoming acts.