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The Oxen And The Axle Trees - Hans Christian Andersen

 

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The Oxen And The Axle Trees

 

A HEAVY WAGON was being dragged along a country lane by a team of Oxen. The Axle-trees groaned and creaked terribly; whereupon the Oxen, turning round, thus addressed the wheels: "Hullo there! why do you make so much noise? We bear all the labor, and we, not you, ought to cry out." Those who suffer most cry out the least.

 

 

 

 

      

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