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The pomegranate, apple-tree, olive-tree, and bramble

(Aesop’s Fables)

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　The pomegranate, apple-tree, and olive-tree were boasted about deliciousness of his fruit with each other.

　However, each of them is too proud of his fruit, their argument was getting heated.

　When a bramble in a nearby hedge heard them, he said,

“dear friends, why don’t you stop your argument?”

to settle them down.


　Similar to this story, when there is an argument among great people, a worthless person try to act important.

The end

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