A Man came into a Wood one day with an axe in his hand, and
begged all the Trees to give him a small branch which he wanted
for a particular purpose. The Trees were good-natured and gave
him one of their branches. What did the Man do but fix it into
the axe head, and soon set to work cutting down tree after tree.
Then the Trees saw how foolish they had been in giving their enemy
the means of destroying themselves.

一天一个人手里拿着一个斧头来到一片树林里，

他恳求所有的树木给他一个用于特别目的的小树枝，

树木心地很善良就给了他的一个枝干。

但是这个人做的竟然是用树枝修复他的斧头，然后就开始一棵一

棵地砍树。 于是树觉得自己太愚蠢了，因为他们给了他们的敌人

段摧毁自己的方法。