"Poor thing only able to scramble
About on the ground."
Just then an axe' sound
Made the Fir wish himself but a Bramble.
PRIDE OF PLACE HAS ITS DISADVANTAGES
Source: W. J. Linton's fables in verse, with illustrations by Walter Crane: Fable 24.
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Crane images. I like the way Crane has paired these two similar stories about the virtues of the flexible reed and the humble bush.
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