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A Walnut Tree

(Aesop’s Fables)

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　Happening to have grown in the middle of the road,

　a walnut tree, which was always thrown stones at by passersby, lamented,

“What a miserable thing!

　I should be normally appreciated and well taken care of by passersby because I bear tasty nuts,

　but I'm having such a bitter experience because I happened to have grown up in the middle of the road.”



　This story exemplifies people who have no luck and have a bitter experience

　even though they have good values in themselves.

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