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THE OAK AND THE REEDS.
A very large oak was uprooted by the wind, and thrown across a stream. It fell among some reeds, which it thus addressed: "I wonder how you, who are slight and weak, are not entirely crushed by the strong wind." They replied: "You fight and contend with the wind, and consequently you are destroyed, while we bend before the least breath of air, and, therefore, are unbroken, and escape."
Stoop to conquer.
