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Fable · Story

The Walnut-Tree

Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation)Ancient Greek fable tradition · Townsend translationStory
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A WALNUT TREE standing by the roadside bore an abundant crop of fruit. For the sake of the nuts, the passers-by broke its branches with stones and sticks. The Walnut-Tree piteously exclaimed, “O wretched me! that those whom I cheer with my fruit should repay me with these painful requitals!”