A pomegranate and an apple-tree were disputing about the quality of their fruits, and each claimed that its own was the better of the two. High words passed between them, and a violent quarrel was imminent, when a bramble impudently poked its head out of a neighboring hedge and said, "There, that's enough, my friends; don't let us quarrel."
The Pomegranate, the Apple-tree and the Bramble | 石榴树、苹果树与荆棘
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