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Tara
Eacturas
21 Frugality
The Fir-Tree and the Ash Tree
| 1 | A Fir Tree said with boast to an Ash Tree: Verily you are poor of use, for your timbers easily break. |
| 2 | Whereas I am richly trusted for home and roof, for bridge and post. |
| 3 | The Ash Tree replied thus: It is true I am no match for the wealth of your use. |
| 4 | Yet beware your boasts, for come now the axe to cast you down. |
| 5 | Whereas I shall live a little longer. |