Monday, November 8, 2010

Illustrated: Harundo et Quercus


M0730 - M0731 - M0732

731. Harundo et Quercus. Disceptabant de robore quercus et harundo. Quercus exprobrabat harundini mobilitatem et quod ea ad quamvis exiguam auram tremeret. Harundo tacebat. Paulo post, procella furit et quercum, quae ei resisteret, radicitus evellit; harundo autem, quae cederet vento, locum servat.

quercus et arundo

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M0731 = Perry070. Source: Andrews 5. This is Perry 70. Compare the fable of the lofty oak and the little bush, see #707.