Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Pomegranate, The Apple-tree, and the Bramble

Æsop's Fables: A New Translation (1912)
by Aesop, translated by Vernon S. Vernon Jones
The Pomegranate, The Apple-tree, and the Bramble
3879057Æsop's Fables: A New Translation — The Pomegranate, The Apple-tree, and the BrambleVernon S. Vernon JonesAesop

THE POMEGRANATE, THE APPLE-TREE, AND THE BRAMBLE

A POMEGRANATE and an Apple-tree were disputing about the quality of their fruits, and each claimed that its own was the better of the two. High words passed between them, and a violent quarrel was imminent, when a Bramble impudently poked its head out of a neighbouring hedge and said, “There, that’s enough, my friends; don’t let us quarrel.”