A Walnut-tree, which grew by the roadside, bore every year a plentiful crop of nuts.Every one who passed by pelted its branches with sticks and stones, in order to bring down the fruit, and the tree suffered severely."It is hard," it cried, "that the very persons who enjoy my fruit should thus reward me with insults and blows."
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A Walnut-tree, which grew by the roadside, bore every year a plentiful crop of nuts.
شجرة الجوز التي كانت تنمو على جانب الطريق، كانت تنتج كل عام محصولًا وفيرًا من المكسرات.
Un noyer, qui poussait au bord de la route, donnait chaque année une abondante récolte de noix.
Every one who passed by pelted its branches with sticks and stones, in order to bring down the fruit, and the tree suffered severely.
فكان كل من يمر بها يرجم أغصانها بالعصي والحجارة ليسقط الثمر، فتألمت الشجرة بشدة.
Tous les passants frappaient ses branches avec des bâtons et des pierres pour faire tomber les fruits, et l'arbre souffrait beaucoup.
"It is hard," it cried, "that the very persons who enjoy my fruit should thus reward me with insults and blows."
"من الصعب"، صرخ، "أن يكافئني الأشخاص الذين يتمتعون بثمرتي بهذه الطريقة بالإهانات والضربات".
"Il est difficile, s'est-il écrié, que ceux-là mêmes qui jouissent de mes fruits me récompensent ainsi par des insultes et des coups.
