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A foolish man values a young sapling over a mature tree, and has the large tree trimmed back further and further to make room for the young sprout. Eventually, he has the grown tree chopped down entirely to offer the smaller plant its light, but finds that unlike the mature tree, the sapling does not bear fruit. | |||
Arbor is the Empress's first story in the European Seven Sages texts. In it, she urges the Emperor to see himself as the old tree, and his son as the upstart sapling. | |||
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A foolish man values a young sapling over a mature tree, and has the large tree trimmed back further and further to make room for the young sprout. Eventually, he has the grown tree chopped down entirely to offer the smaller plant its light, but finds that unlike the mature tree, the sapling does not bear fruit.
Arbor is the Empress's first story in the European Seven Sages texts. In it, she urges the Emperor to see himself as the old tree, and his son as the upstart sapling.
