The Capitoline Geese

The Gauls had besieged the town. The defenders soon suffered from hunger. Many times, looking at the geese which lived in the temple of Juno, they thought to relieve the pains of hunger by killing them. But they were sacred to Juno and it would have been a sacrilege.
One night a valiant soldier, Marco Manlio, who was sleeping near the temple, heard a strange noise that woke him up. He took his sword and jumped up. He soon understood that the geese were fluttering. Manlio ran along the top of the wall, looked down... and he found himself face to face with a Gaul.
The enemies were just attempting an attack. Some of them were going to climb over the walls to enter the fortress. Manlio rapidly took the Gaul by the arm and threw him down the rock. He began shouting and the noise of the geese grew louder and louder.
In few minutes all the soldiers woke up and armed themselves, ready for the defence. Shouting the valiant defenders run to the walls. The Gaul attack failed and they were defeated.