THE OAK AND THE WILLOW
._, One morning, after a dreadfully stormy night, Richard went out with his son James into the field to see whether the storm had done any injury. 'Oh, look, father,' said little James, 'the great strong oak lies yonder on the ground, and the feeble willow is still standing slim and upright by the brook here. I thought that the tempest would have destroyed the willow more easily than. the proud oak, which has hitherto withstood every blast.' . 'My child,' said the father, 'the stout oak was broken because it could not bend but the pliant willow yielded to the storm, and so could suffer no harm.'
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New Zealand Tablet, 1 May 1913, Page 62
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111THE OAK AND THE WILLOW New Zealand Tablet, 1 May 1913, Page 62
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