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The Fir-Tree and the Bramble Fable

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A FIR-TREE said boastingly to the Bramble, "You are useful for nothing at all; while I am everywhere used for roofs and houses." The Bramble answered: "You poor creature, if you would only call to mind the axes and saws which are about to hew you down, you would have reason to wish that you had grown up a Bramble, not a Fir-Tree."

Moral:

Better poverty without care, than riches with

 

The Fir-Tree and the Bramble Fable 
A Fable by 
Aesop

 

 

The Fir-Tree and the Bramble

What is a Fable? A Fable is a very short story with a Moral. It features a plant, animal, mythical creature or inanimate object which is brought to life in the story (anthropomorphised).  The moral is explained at the end of the fable.

Fables are described as succinct, brief, concise or very short stories with a moral.

The Fir-Tree and the Bramble Fable
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