THE WOODCUTTER cut down a Mountain Oak and split it in pieces, making … — Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables — Aesop

THE WOODCUTTER cut down a Mountain Oak and split it in pieces, making wedges of its own branches for dividing the trunk. The Oak said with a sigh, "I do not care about the blows of the axe aimed at my roots, but I do grieve at being torn in pieces by these wedges made from my own branches."

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