Waltey

Prevod

A walnut tree standing beside a road bore abundant fruit. But passersby battered its branches with stones and sticks to get the nuts. The tree cried out pitifully, “Wretched creature that I am! Those whom I delight with my fruit repay me with such cruel thanks.”

The fable rebukes the ungrateful and wicked who repay good with evil.

Izvirnik

Καρύα τις ἐν ὁδῷ ἱσταμένη καρπὸν ἔφερε πολύν. Οἱ δὲ παροδῖται λίθοις καὶ βάκλοις κατέκλων διὰ τὰ κάρυα. Ἠ δὲ οἰκτρὸν ἔφη· „ὦ ἀθλία ἐγὼ, ὅτι, οὕς τῷ καρπῷ μου εὐφραίνω, ὑπὸ τούτων δεινὰς ἀντιλαμβάνω χάριτας.

Τοὺς ἀχαρίστους καὶ κακούργους, τοὺς ἀντὶ ἀγαθῶν κακὰ ἀντιδιδόντας, ὁ μῦθος ἐλέγχει.

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