Aesop's Fables, Part 69 summary
Part 69 of 284 · 1 min to read the part
In The Peasant and the Apple Tree, a Peasant starts cutting down a fruitless tree despite the pleas of the creatures it shelters. When he discovers bees and honey inside its hollow trunk, he decides to keep it, showing how personal usefulness shapes his judgment of worth.
What happens
- A Peasant decides to cut down his fruitless Apple-tree, which shelters sparrows and grasshoppers.
- The creatures beg him to spare their shelter and remind him that their chirping brightens his work.
- He ignores their appeal and strikes the trunk with his axe.
- He discovers bees and honey inside the hollow trunk and decides to keep the tree.
- The narrator states that people commonly measure worth through usefulness.
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What to notice
The moral explains the Peasant's reversal: shelter and chirping do not persuade him, but honey does.
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What makes the Peasant decide to keep the tree?
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