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I. ÆSOP'S FABLES
THE REEDS AND THE OLIVE-TREE
ОглавлениеThe Olive-tree and the Reeds quarrelled about who was stronger and sounder. The Olive-tree laughed at the Reeds because they bent in every wind. The Reeds kept silence. A storm came: the Reeds swayed, tossed, bowed to the ground, – and remained unharmed. The Olive-tree strained her branches against the wind, – and broke.