The Oaks and Jupiter

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The Oaks and Jupiter
        THE OAKS presented a complaint to Jupiter, saying, "We bear for
        no purpose the burden of life, as of all the trees that grow we
        are the most continually in peril of the axe."  Jupiter made
        answer:  "You have only to thank yourselves for the misfortunes to
        which you are exposed:  for if you did not make such excellent
        pillars and posts, and prove yourselves so serviceable to the
        carpenters and the farmers, the axe would not so frequently be
        laid to your roots."