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The fables of Æsop, selected, told anew and their history traced (1894)

Kely and Sons, binders, Jacobs, Joseph, 1854-1916, ed, Heighway, Richard, ill · London ; New York : Macmillan & Company · leaf 119

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THE TREE AND THE REED … ELL, little one/ said a Tree to aReed that was growing at its foot, why do you not plant your feetdeeply in the ground, and raiseyour head boldly in the air as I do ? I am contented with my lot/3 said theReed. I may not be so grand, but I think Iam safer. Safe ! sneered the Tree. Who shallpluck me…

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