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FableNº 152

The Walnut Tree

A walnut tree that stood by the roadside, and which passers-by pelted with stones, said to itself with a sigh, "How wretched I am, to bring upon myself insults and pains every year!"

*Possessions that bring only trouble are no true benefit.
Moral

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