a walnut tree standing by the roadside bore an abundant crop of fruit. for the sake of the nuts, the passers-by broke its branches with stones and sticks. the walnut-tree piteously exclaimed, "o wretched me! that those whom i cheer with my fruit should repay me with these painful requitals!"

有一棵长在路旁的胡桃树结满了果实，路过的行人看到后垂涎不止。为了吃到新鲜的果实，人们纷纷用石头扔，拿木棍打，很快胡桃树就伤痕累累了。胡桃树伤心地说:“我给你们提供美味的果实，你们却用木棒和石头来回报我。我是多么倒霉啊！”

人们总会在不经意间伤害所爱的人。