A man had in his garden an apple-tree, which bore no fruit, but only served as a perch for the sparrows and the grasshoppers. He resolved to cut down the tree. Taking his ax in hand he made a bold stroke at its roots.

The grasshoppers and the sparrows pleaded with him not to cut down the tree that provides them shelter, they promised to sing for him and lighten his labors if he spares the tree. The man paid no attention to their plea; instead, he gave the tree a second and a third blow with his ax. When he reached the hollow of the three, he found a...Continue reading: http://i-periscope..co.za/2016/06/man-and-apple-three.html#more