The Trees and the Ax
Once upon a time, a man came into a forest. He said to the trees, "Will you give me a piece of hard wood.? "The tree said, "Yes,we"ll give you a good piece of hard wood."He was very glad to get a good piece of wood. He hurried home with it. At once he made a new handle of his ax. Then he went to the forest again and began to cut down all the best trees in the forest. The trees were very sad. They said to one another, "We suffer for our own foolishness."
樹與斧頭
從前有一個人進入了森林。 他對樹說：“您願意給我一塊硬木頭嗎?”樹說：“行，我將給你一塊價值較好的硬木頭。”他非常高興地得到了一塊好木頭。 他趕緊把它帶到家裏，立即做了一把新斧頭。 然後他又去森林裏砍最好的樹。 樹感到非常悲傷，他們互相說道：“我們自作自受。”