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| 153. The Oaks And Jupiter The Oaks presented a complaint to Jupiter , saying, "We bear for no purpose the burden of life, as of all the trees that grow we are the most continually in peril of the axe." Jupiter made answer, "You have only to thank yourselves for the misfortunes to which you are exposed; for if you did not make such excellent pillars and posts, and prove yourselves so serviceable to the carpenters and the farmers, the axe would not so frequently be laid to your roots." | 153. 橡树和周彼得 橡树对周彼得诉苦说：「我们的生命真是毫无意义，因为我们长成树木后，每天却要在斧钺的危险中渡过。」 周彼得回答说：「你们正该感谢你们所处的不幸呢。因为要是你们不能做成那么好的梁柱，而且让你们自己对木匠和农夫都很有用处，那么斧头也不会常常放到你们的根部了。」 |
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