UNDER THE WILLOWS
Three little willow rods drooped their heads. “What a place to grow,” they said. “Whoever heard of trees living in a bog and what use are we eyer likely to be in the world?” “Quite a lot,” answered an old willow. “Listen: we are a very honourable family, and extremely useful, besides being beautiful to look at. There are several kinds of willow. Rods like you are widely cultivated in damp ground; they are cut down every year and woven into baskets. You are so good-tempered that you bend instead of breaking, and so strong that you
can be relied upon to carry heavy weights without giving way. Then there is the willow tree whose bark contains a certain medicine something like quinine that doctors wouldn’t like to be without. Cricket bats are made from the valuable timber of the willow tree, because it is so tough, and light, and elastic. And many of the soldiers who lost their legs or arms during the Great War have others now —made of trusty, springy willow. “Ah! I see you are holding up your heads again! That’s right—be a credit to your family!”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 291, 29 February 1928, Page 6
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194UNDER THE WILLOWS Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 291, 29 February 1928, Page 6
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