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Baby's Own Aesop (1887)

24. The Fir and The Bramble (Perry 304)

The Fir-tree looked down on the Bramble.
"Poor thing only able to scramble
About on the ground."
Just then an axe' sound
Made the Fir wish himself but a Bramble.

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