Many a Service is Met with Ingratitude
Two men were walking along a bare and dusty road in the heat of a summer’s day. Suddenly, they saw a tree with big leaves and branches spread like an umbrella; they joyfully turned aside to get shelter and prevent themselves in the deep shade of its spreading branches from the burning rays of the sun.
As they rested, looking up into the tree, one of them remarked to his companion, “what a useless tree it is! It bears no fruits and is of no service to man at all.”
The tree interrupted him with indignation. “You ungrateful creature!” it cried. “You come and take shelter under me from the sun, and then, in the very act of enjoying the cool shade of my foliage, you abuse me and call me good for nothing!
Never be ungrateful.
