Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Rose and the Amaranth

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3914217Æsop's Fables: A New Translation — The Rose and the AmaranthVernon S. Vernon JonesAesop

THE ROSE AND THE AMARANTH

A ROSE and an Amaranth blossomed side by side in a garden, and the Amaranth said to her neighbour, “How I envy you your beauty and your sweet scent! No wonder you are such a universal favourite.” But the Rose replied with a shade of sadness in her voice, “Ah, my dear friend, I bloom but for a time: my petals soon wither and fall, and then I die. But your flowers never fade, even if they are cut; for they are everlasting.”