THE POMEGRANATE and Apple-Tree disputed as to which was the most beautiful. When their strife was at its height, a Bramble from the neighboring hedge lifted up its voice, and said in a boastful tone: “Pray, my dear friends, in my presence at least cease from such vain disputings.”
ザクロとリンゴの木が、どちらがいちばん美しいかで言い争っていた。争いがいちばん激しくなったころ、近くの生け垣のイバラが声をあげ、いばった口調で言った。「ねえ、きみたち、せめてわたしの前では、そんなむだな言い争いはやめてくれたまえ」
