attr. Æsop, Three Hundred Aesop's Fables — The Peasant and the Apple-tree (1887)
“ He paid no attention to their request, but gave the tree a second and a third blow with his axe: when he reached the hollow of the tree, he found a hive full of honey. Having tasted the honeycomb, he threw down his axe, and, looking on the tree as sacred, took great care of it. Self interest alone moves some men. ”
