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Many a service is met with ingratitude. MANY A SERVICE IS MET WITH INGRATITUDE
uired as before about his patient's health, the Sick Man said that he felt very feverish. "A very good sign," said the Doctor; "you are doing very nicely indeed." Afterwards a friend came to see the invalid, and on asking him how he did, received this reply: "My dear friend, I'm dying of good signs." THE TRAVELLERS AND THE PLANE-TREE Two Travellers were walking along a bare and dusty road in the heat of a summer's day. Coming presently to a Plane-tree, they joyfully turned aside to shelter from the burning rays of the sun in the deep shade of its spreading branches. As they rested, looking up into the tree, one of them remarked to his companion, "What a useless tree the Plane is! It bears no fruit and is of no service to man at all." The Plane-tree interrupted him with indignation. "You ungrateful creature!" it cried: "you come and take shelter under me from the scorching sun, and then, in the very act of enjoying the cool shade of my foliage, you abuse me and call me good for nothing!  THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBER VOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBER VOX DATORG RECORDED BY PAUL HARVEY A ESOP'S FABLES THE TRAVELLERS AND THE PLANE TREE TWO TRAVELLERS WERE WALKING ALONG A BARE AND DUSTY ROAD IN THE HEAT OF A SUMMER'S DAY COMING PRESENTLY TO A PLANE TREE THEY JOYFULLY TURNED ASIDE TO SHELTER FROM THE BURNING RAYS OF THE SUN IN THE DEEP SHADE OF ITS SPREADING BRANCHES AS THEY RESTED LOOKING UP INTO THE TREE ONE OF THEM REMARKED TO HIS COMPANION WHAT A USELESS TREE THE PLAIN IS IT BEARS NO FRUIT AND IS OF NO SERVICE TO MAN AT ALL THE PLANE TREE INTERRUPTED HIM WITH INDIGNATION YOU UNGRATEFUL CREATURE IT CRIED YOU COME AND TAKE SHELTER UNDER ME FROM THE SCORCHING SUN AND THEN IN THE VERY ACT OF ENJOYING THE COOL SHADE OF MY FOLIAGE YOU ABUSE ME AND CALL ME GOOD FOR NOTHING
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