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<h2>THE TRAVELLERS AND THE PLANE-TREE</h2>
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<p>Two Travellers were walking along a bare and dusty road in the
heat of a summer's day. Coming presently to a Plane-tree, they
joyfully turned aside to shelter from the burning rays of the sun
in the deep shade of its spreading branches. As they rested,
looking up into the tree, one of them remarked to his companion,
"What a useless tree the Plane is! It bears no fruit and is of no
service to man at all." The Plane-tree interrupted him with
indignation. "You ungrateful creature!" it cried: "you come and
take shelter under me from the scorching sun, and then, in the very
act of enjoying the cool shade of my foliage, you abuse me and call
me good for nothing!"</p>
<p class="adage">Many a service is met with ingratitude.</p>
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