<P> There are several versions of the fable in Greek sources and a late Latin version recorded by Avianus . It concerns a fir tree that boasted to a bramble , ' You are useful for nothing at all ; while I am everywhere used for roofs and houses . ' Then the Bramble answered : ' You poor creature , if you would only call to mind the axes and saws which are about to hew you down , you would have reason to wish that you had grown up a Bramble , not a Fir - Tree . ' The moral of the story is that renown is accompanied by risks of which the humble are free . </P>
what is the moral of the fir tree and the bramble
renown is accompanied by risks of which the humble are free