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Friday, September 03, 2010 - 8:07 PM
The Pomegranate, Apple-Tree, and Bramble
The Pomegranate and Apple-Tree disputed as to which was the most
beautiful. When their strife was at its height, a Bramble from the neighboring
hedge lifted up its voice, and said in a boastful tone: "Pray, my dear
friends, in my presence at least cease from such vain
disputings."
The Farmer and the Stork
A Farmer placed nets on his newly-sown plowlands and caught a number
of Cranes, which came to pick up his seed. With them he trapped a Stork
that had fractured his leg in the net and was earnestly beseeching the
Farmer to spare his life. "Pray save me, Master," Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire said, "and let me
go free this once. My broken limb should excite your pity. Besides, I
am no Crane, I am a Stork, a bird of excellent character; and see how I
love and slave for my father and mother. Look too, at my feathers-- they
are not the least like those of a Crane." The Farmer laughed aloud and
said, "It may be all as you say, I only know this: I have taken you with
these robbers, the Cranes, and you must die in their
company."
Birds of a feather flock together.
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