Aesop's Fables #2 --The Tree and the Reed LbNA #37466 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jan 6, 2008 |
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| City: | Versailles |
| County: | Morgan |
| State: | Missouri |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | moose and mamma  |
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| Found by: | Craw&Joey |
| Last found: | May 10, 2008 |
| Status: | FF |
| Last edited: | Jan 6, 2008 |
AESOP'S FABLES #2 THE TREE AND THE REED
Aesop's fabled animals are out of control. With a new spin on five old tales, antics abound in Versailles. Find one or find all five, it's up to you. Bring a compass and your own ink. If you're heading here from the north, I recommend using C road because of the Mennonite farms that dot the landscape. Watch out for buggies and bicycles, especially on Sunday. For more reference, a map can be had at http://www.versailleschamber.org/Community.htm.
First, it might help to know about our friend Aesop: Aesop was a slave who lived in Greece in mid-sixth-century BC. He was known for retelling tales based on animals. Each tale had an ending that emphasised some moral attribute (or shortcoming). We have taken the liberty of adding a bit to each tale to suit our means. The real tales can be found in many compliations at bookstores, public libraries, or online. There are even some cartoons on Youtube as well as virtual books available.
THE TREE AND THE REED
There is a stoplight (not to be mistaken for a yellow caution light) in Versailles. It is located at the junction of Highways 5 and 52. From the stoplight, head south until you come to Clay road. Turn left on Clay. Clay winds around a bit. You will pass a cemetary on the right. Just before the junction with W, you will come to a stop sign. Turn right into the cemetary at this stop sign.
This is the tale:
Once upon a time an old BROWNE oak was being very PETTY. The oak grew deep in the center of the WOODS, far from any HUNTERS. Old and overgrown with IVY, it stook tall, solomn, and proud. In STARK comparisson, a JOLLY reed grew ASKEW at it's base.
One day the tree looked waaaaay down, and saw the Reed there. "Hello, little one" The tree said. "Do you see how tall I am? Do you see how deeply into the ground my roots go? Not even a great forest fire would dare to BURN me! Don't you wish that you could grow as tall and be as strong as I?"
"You are RIGHT." Replied the little reed. "You are tall and strong. You can see over the entire FORREST. But, I am HARDY, too. I may not look so grand, but I think I am just as safe."
"Safe!" scoffed the tree, "A candle could BURN you to the ground, and you would have no POWER to stop it!"
"TUTT, TUTT, TUTT." was the only response from the little reed in the WOODS. Sighing he swayed in the wind while the big tree stood STRAIGHT and tall.
"LETT me tell you something else" the old tree HUMPHed, "I can see crows and HAWKS! I can even see the wood CARVER coming. But I know he would never chop down a tree so great as I! Even the smallest ROBIN knows my name and that I am a safe place to make a nest!"
The reed did not reply, but swayed in the wind, GREEN and full of joy.
It was not long after this conversation that a great tornado swept through the forest. The reed bowed his head and shook in the wind, but was not plucked or broken by the strong gales. During the storm, the reed heard a crash. He looked up and saw that the great tree had FALLEN. Hawk, CROW, and robin now had to search for a new home. After the RAINES had passed, the little reed again lifted his head. He looked at the tree and couldn't help but think to himself "Obscurity often brings safety".
After the storm, the wood carver did come. He chopped two branches from the tree. His fine handiwork should stand tall and golden in front of you as you look into the forest. The remainder of the tree he left behind. The creatures of the ground know that by traveling at 200 degrees down the hill from the woodcarver's handiwork, the great tree can soon be seen. They know that if they come to the creekbed, they have gone too far. They also know that there is a treat inside for those who seek it. And the reed? If you look nearby, I'm sure you can see him waving in the breeze. THE END
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Aesop's fabled animals are out of control. With a new spin on five old tales, antics abound in Versailles. Find one or find all five, it's up to you. Bring a compass and your own ink. If you're heading here from the north, I recommend using C road because of the Mennonite farms that dot the landscape. Watch out for buggies and bicycles, especially on Sunday. For more reference, a map can be had at http://www.versailleschamber.org/Community.htm.
First, it might help to know about our friend Aesop: Aesop was a slave who lived in Greece in mid-sixth-century BC. He was known for retelling tales based on animals. Each tale had an ending that emphasised some moral attribute (or shortcoming). We have taken the liberty of adding a bit to each tale to suit our means. The real tales can be found in many compliations at bookstores, public libraries, or online. There are even some cartoons on Youtube as well as virtual books available.
THE TREE AND THE REED
There is a stoplight (not to be mistaken for a yellow caution light) in Versailles. It is located at the junction of Highways 5 and 52. From the stoplight, head south until you come to Clay road. Turn left on Clay. Clay winds around a bit. You will pass a cemetary on the right. Just before the junction with W, you will come to a stop sign. Turn right into the cemetary at this stop sign.
This is the tale:
Once upon a time an old BROWNE oak was being very PETTY. The oak grew deep in the center of the WOODS, far from any HUNTERS. Old and overgrown with IVY, it stook tall, solomn, and proud. In STARK comparisson, a JOLLY reed grew ASKEW at it's base.
One day the tree looked waaaaay down, and saw the Reed there. "Hello, little one" The tree said. "Do you see how tall I am? Do you see how deeply into the ground my roots go? Not even a great forest fire would dare to BURN me! Don't you wish that you could grow as tall and be as strong as I?"
"You are RIGHT." Replied the little reed. "You are tall and strong. You can see over the entire FORREST. But, I am HARDY, too. I may not look so grand, but I think I am just as safe."
"Safe!" scoffed the tree, "A candle could BURN you to the ground, and you would have no POWER to stop it!"
"TUTT, TUTT, TUTT." was the only response from the little reed in the WOODS. Sighing he swayed in the wind while the big tree stood STRAIGHT and tall.
"LETT me tell you something else" the old tree HUMPHed, "I can see crows and HAWKS! I can even see the wood CARVER coming. But I know he would never chop down a tree so great as I! Even the smallest ROBIN knows my name and that I am a safe place to make a nest!"
The reed did not reply, but swayed in the wind, GREEN and full of joy.
It was not long after this conversation that a great tornado swept through the forest. The reed bowed his head and shook in the wind, but was not plucked or broken by the strong gales. During the storm, the reed heard a crash. He looked up and saw that the great tree had FALLEN. Hawk, CROW, and robin now had to search for a new home. After the RAINES had passed, the little reed again lifted his head. He looked at the tree and couldn't help but think to himself "Obscurity often brings safety".
After the storm, the wood carver did come. He chopped two branches from the tree. His fine handiwork should stand tall and golden in front of you as you look into the forest. The remainder of the tree he left behind. The creatures of the ground know that by traveling at 200 degrees down the hill from the woodcarver's handiwork, the great tree can soon be seen. They know that if they come to the creekbed, they have gone too far. They also know that there is a treat inside for those who seek it. And the reed? If you look nearby, I'm sure you can see him waving in the breeze. THE END
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