the tree and the reed
said a tree to a Reed that was growing at its foot,”
why do you not plant your feet deeply in the ground,
And raise your head boldly in the air as I do?”
I am contented With my lot”
I may not be sogrand,
but I think I am safer.”
While the little Reed, bending to the force of the wind,
Soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.