The Plane Tree

The Plane Tree is a fable by Aesop that journeys into the mind of a weary traveler taking refuge under a plane tree. It explores themes of gratitude and acknowledgement when the traveler, who is resting under the shade of the tree, begins to critique the tree for its lack of edible fruits, ignoring its prime function as shade and comfort. The story is a lesson about appreciating things at their true value, rather than focussing on their shortcomings.

• Children

								
Two Travellers, walking in the noonday sun, sought the shade of a
widespreading tree to rest. As they lay looking up among the
pleasant leaves, they saw that it was a Plane Tree.

"How useless is the Plane!" said one of them. "It bears no fruit
whatever, and only serves to litter the ground with leaves."

"Ungrateful creatures!" said a voice from the Plane Tree. "You
lie here in my cooling shade, and yet you say I am useless! Thus
ungratefully, O Jupiter, do men receive their blessings!"

Our best blessings are often the least appreciated.
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