ARBOR DAY Good stories for great holidays : arranged for story-telling and
reading aloud and for the children's own reading | ||
THE PROUD OAK TREE OLD FABLE
[TRANSLATED]
THE oak said to the reed that grew by the river: “It is no wonder that you make such a sorrowful moaning, for you are so weak that the little wren is a burden for you, and the lightest breeze must seem like a storm-wind. Now look at me! No
374
“Do not worry about me,” said the reed; “I have less reason to fear the wind than you have. I bow myself, but I never break. He who laughs last, laughs best!”
That night there came a fearful hurricane. The oak stood erect. The reed bowed itself before the blast. The wind grew more furious, and, uprooting the proud oak, flung it on the ground.
When the morning came there stood the slender reed, glittering with dewdrops, and softly swaying in the breeze.
ARBOR DAY Good stories for great holidays : arranged for story-telling and
reading aloud and for the children's own reading | ||