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A Peach and Apple were arguing about which was the most beautiful. At their loudest, a Berry vine from a nearby hedge spoke up: "Please, cease your argument, at least in my presence."
Townsend version (The Pomegranate, Apple-Tree, and Bramble)
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."
L'Estrange version (A Peach, an Apple, and a Blackberry
There happen'd a controversie once betwixt a peach, and an apple, which was the fairer fruit of the two. They were so loud in their discourse, that a blackberry from the next hedg, over-heard them. Come (says the blackberry) we are all friends, and pray let's have no jangling among our selves.
Moral
Every thing would be thought greater in the world then it is, and the root of it is this, that it first thinks it self so.
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