THE OLIVE-TREE ridiculed1 the Fig-Tree because, while she was
green all the year round, the Fig-Tree changed its leaves with
the seasons. A shower of snow fell upon them, and, finding the
Olive full of foliage2, it settled upon its branches and broke
them down with its weight, at once despoiling3 it of its beauty
and killing4 the tree. But finding the Fig-Tree denuded5 of
leaves, the snow fell through to the ground, and did not injure
it at all.
