Once there lived a tree in a forest. The tree was very large
and old.
One day the tree saw a reed growing near its foot, and said,
‘O little reed, you are so tender and young. Try to plant your root firmly in
the soil’.
The reed replied, ‘O mighty tree, I am contented with the
way I am. I am not tall enough to raise my head and face the winds, but I can
bow my head safely to the ground’.
Hearing this tree said, ‘I am equally safe. I am deep rooted
and stand with my head high in the winds. No hurricane or wind can uproot me!’
Days passed by. One day the weather turned bad. It rained
all day through and soon a hurricane hit the area.
The tree was uprooted and rendered as a dead log on the
ground. However, the reed which bad bend to the
ground, stood up soon after the hurricane receded.
Moral: Obscurity often brings safety.
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